He says that within 30 to 36 months, space will be the "most economically compelling place" for AI. To the world's richest man, all things eventually end in outer space.

WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - A proposed merger between Elon Musk's SpaceX and xAI, reported exclusively by Reuters on Thursday, could give fresh momentum to Musk's plan to launch satellite data centers into orbit as he battles for supremacy in the rapidly escalating AI race against tech giants like Alphabet's Google, Meta and OpenAI.