Elon Musk pulled off one of the most audacious deals of his career on Monday, merging SpaceX with xAI to create the most valuable private company in history.
埃隆•马斯克(Elon Musk)周一完成了其职业生涯中最为大胆的交易之一：将SpaceX与xAI合并，缔造出史上估值最高的私有公司。
The $1.25tn merger combines the billionaire’s dominant rocket maker with his lossmaking AI start-up and social media network X.
这笔1.25万亿美元的合并将这位亿万富豪旗下占据主导地位的火箭制造商，与其亏损的人工智能(AI)初创公司xAI和社交媒体平台X整合为一个实体。
Musk said the move was needed to launch data centres into space, build factories on the moon and colonise Mars.
马斯克表示，此举是为了将数据中心送入太空、在月球建造工厂，并最终实现火星殖民。