The countdown is complete and SpaceX has finally acquired xAI in a deal valued at around $1.25 trillion.

Elon Musk is joining his space exploration and artificial intelligence ventures into a single company before a massive planned initial public offering for the business later this year.

“SpaceX has acquired xAI to form the most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with A.I., rockets, space-based internet, direct-to-mobile device communications and th...