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Elon Musk

What's on Elon Musk's mind?

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OpenAI pulls its models out of his new toy 28% casting his own gas turbine blades in Texas 20% Starlink for Ukrainian drones inside Russia 15% · new$3.5 trillion by 2033, not 2040 10% everything else 27%
#1
Altman Changes the Locks on Musk's $60B Coding Startup

OpenAI is ending Cursor's access to its models weeks after SpaceX bought the company, saying plainly that it does not trust Musk.

OpenAI to end model access to Cursor after acquisition by Elon Musk's SpaceX

CNBC · 2026-08-29
our translation

he bought the front door to how the world writes code and altman took the hinges off. now grok has to carry cursor whether or not it is ready, which is exactly the test he did not want run in public.

17 outlets on the cutoff in two daysvery sure · 4 sources
#2
SpaceX Starts Casting Its Own Turbine Blades
supplier stocks moved on the planvery sure · 4 sources
#3
Musk Says the Starlink Trigger Is Washington's to Pull
new — FT report and Kyiv denial same daypretty sure · 3 sources
#4
Wall Street Calls the $3.5 Trillion Target a Pipe Dream
Fox Business pushback on the numberpretty sure · 2 sources
monday, august 31
Post the turbine-blade foundry details while Howmet is still down(safe bet)
Let the White House keep the Ukraine Starlink decision(reported)
Line up Grok as Cursor's replacement model, fast(reported)
Draft G20 remarks that do not mention Sam Altman(reported)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Howmet slides after Elon Musk unveils SpaceX turbine-blade casting plan (HWM:NYSE)

news.google.com · 2026-08-31

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