Musk Gives Explanation for Why He Diverted Chips From Tesla to X
- Billionaire responds to CNBC report on internal Nvidia emails
- Email seen by CNBC cast doubt on Musk’s AI chip comments
WATCH: Craig Trudell reports on Elon Musk prioritizing the deployment of AI chips at his X and xAI ventures ahead of Tesla.
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Elon Musk confirmed he diverted artificial intelligence chips away from Tesla Inc. to his X Corp. and xAI Corp. ventures, offering explanations both for the redirected shipment and internal Nvidia Corp. emails casting doubt on the carmaker’s procurement plans.
In a series of posts Tuesday on X, Musk wrote that Tesla had no place to put Nvidia chips where they could be turned on. CNBC reported earlier that the billionaire redirected 12,000 of the chipmaker’s H100 graphics processing units originally slated for Tesla to X instead, citing an Nvidia memo from December.