Bytes: Week in Review - SpaceX and xAI merge, Nvidia and OpenAI's funding relationship and U.S. TikTok's rough start

On this week’s “Marketplace Tech Bytes: Week in Review,” we take a look at Nvidia's changing investment relationship with OpenAI.

Plus, a stormy start for the new U.S. version of TikTok.

But first, SpaceX, one of the world’s largest rocket companies, announced this week that it’s buying xAI, a two-and-half-year-old artificial intelligence startup. Both companies are controlled by Elon Musk.

The new company is reportedly valued at $1.25 trillion. It means the chatbot Grok, the satellite internet company Starlink, and the social media firm X are all going to co-exist under the same rocket hangar.

Marketplace’s Stephanie Hughes spoke with Paresh Dave, senior writer at Wired, about what adding these companies together equals.

More on everything we talked about

Elon Musk joins his rocket and AI businesses into a single company - from The Associated Press

The Numbers, and Questions, Behind Musk’s Mega-Merger - from The New York Times

The $100 Billion Megadeal Between OpenAI and Nvidia Is on Ice - from The Wall Street Journal

Pledge to Invest $100 Billion in OpenAI Was ‘Never a Commitment,’ Says Nvidia's Huang - from Bloomberg

TikTok says it's 'back to normal' after winter storm-related outages - from Engadget