SpaceX Plans to Train GrokAI on Employee Data as Musk Targets $300 Billion in AI Revenue
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Updated · Fortune · Aug 14
SpaceX Plans to Train GrokAI on Employee Data as Musk Targets $300 Billion in AI Revenue
1 articles · Updated · Fortune · Aug 14
Summary
At a recent all-hands meeting, Elon Musk told SpaceX staff GrokAI will be trained on the company’s “sum total” of information, including employees’ work, ideas and contributions.
Musk framed workers as the AI’s “parents,” arguing SpaceX’s engineering talent can shape a stronger model, but the company has not detailed what employee data will be included or how it will be handled.
The push is tied to a bigger AI buildout: Musk said AI revenue could top all other SpaceX businesses as soon as September, and projected 10 gigawatts of compute could generate $300 billion to $500 billion annually.
SpaceX now has about 1.4 gigawatts of AI computing capacity and aims for 10 gigawatts by end-2027; its June IPO raised roughly $75 billion, with proceeds earmarked in part for AI infrastructure expansion.
The plan echoes broader tech efforts to use workplace data for AI training, including Meta’s April tracking program that drew privacy backlash and a petition signed by about 1,600 employees.