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      "title": "Intel Foundry and 18A: From IDM 2.0 to a Government-Owned Stake",
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      "role": "Said Terafab plans to use Intel 14A and later said Intel would remain involved in the project.",
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      "title": "Tesla Robotaxi and Cybercab: From the 2019 Promise to Driverless Rides",
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      "date": "2026-10-20",
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      "title": "SpaceX plans to catch both stages on Starship Flight 15",
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          "quote": "For Flight 15, which we expect to happen next month, we’re going to attempt to catch both the booster and the ship."
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          "url": "https://space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-will-attempt-1st-ever-double-starship-rocket-catch-on-next-test-launch-a-profound-technology-milestone-elon-musk-says",
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      "date": "2026-10-06",
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      "title": "SpaceX seeks $40 billion in debt to pay for Nvidia chips, with Apollo expected to lead it",
      "summary": "Reuters, confirming an earlier Financial Times report, said SpaceX was in talks with banks and asset managers to raise $40 billion for an order of Nvidia AI chips, with PIMCO among the managers in talks. The Reuters copy puts the structure at about $10 billion in bank loans and $30 billion in investment-grade debt, with Apollo expected to lead the deal and place the paper. Bloomberg described the discussions as early and said they could end without a deal; none of the companies confirmed it.",
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          "quote": "Elon Musk’s SpaceX is in talks with banks and investors to raise $40 billion to buy chips from Nvidia Corp., people familiar with the matter said, in what would be among the biggest-ever debt financings for the AI buildout."
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      "date": "2026-10-03",
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      "title": "Musk cites nighttime pet detection as a Robotaxi constraint",
      "summary": "Elon Musk said Tesla was trying to ensure that its vehicles did not run over pets that are hard to see at night. Not a Tesla App reported that identifying and avoiding animals on the road was Tesla's main nighttime-driving issue.",
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          "quote": "The main thing we’re trying to solve is making sure that we don’t run over pets when they’re hard to see at night."
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      "date": "2026-10-02",
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      "title": "Tesla extends Austin Robotaxi service until 11 p.m.",
      "summary": "Tesla extended the Austin Robotaxi service's nightly operating window to 11 p.m. The Robotaxi account announced the change on X at 8:52 p.m. Pacific Time, and Elon Musk confirmed that closing had moved from the previous 10 p.m.",
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          "quote": "Tesla’s Robotaxi account shared the update on X at 8:52 PM PT on October 2, 2026, saying riders in Austin can now hail a driverless Tesla until 11 PM."
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          "url": "https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/4768/tesla-extends-robotaxi-hours-in-austin-adds-111-cybercabs",
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          "published": "2026-10-04",
          "quote": "The official Robotaxi account announced on X that the service is now available until 11 p.m. in Tesla’s home city, and Elon Musk confirmed that closing hours have moved from the previous 10 p.m."
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      "date": "2026-09-29",
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      "title": "AT&T CEO calls SpaceX mobile strategy not viable",
      "summary": "AT&T Chief Executive Officer John Stankey told Axios that SpaceX's proposed Starlink-based mobile strategy was not viable. He challenged the economics and technical practicality of adding small cellular base stations alongside Starlink dishes.",
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        "Elon Musk"
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          "url": "https://www.axios.com/2026/09/29/att-ceo-john-stankey-spacex-elon-musk",
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          "published": "2026-09-29",
          "quote": "“Elon Musk's plan to turn SpaceX into a major threat to the legacy telecom companies is ‘not a viable strategy,’ AT&T CEO John Stankey tells Axios.”"
        }
      ]
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      "date": "2026-09-03",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Tesla opens an interest form for businesses to buy Cybercab fleets and build network infrastructure",
      "summary": "Hours before the launch event Tesla published a robotaxi interest form inviting businesses to register for Cybercab fleet purchasing, mobility hubs and infrastructure, or event collaboration, the first sign that it may sell the vehicle to third-party operators rather than run every car itself. Musk's earlier vision had relied on owners adding their personal cars to a Tesla network; fleet managers such as Moove already operate Waymo vehicles in several cities.",
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          "published": "2026-09-03",
          "quote": "Tesla published a form on Thursday for businesses interested in buying Cybercab fleets or providing infrastructure for its network, the latest sign that the company’s aspirations for its gold-hued autonomous vehicle stretch beyond being a robotaxi operator."
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      "date": "2026-09-03",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Cybercab launch: Tesla offers driverless Cybercab rides in parts of Austin; NHTSA says it is evaluating",
      "summary": "On the day of its invitation-only launch event Tesla updated its robotaxi site to say Cybercab rides were available in limited areas of Austin, released a video in which Musk called it the first car built specifically for unsupervised full self-driving, and let attendees ride in the gold two-seaters. NHTSA said it was in contact with Tesla and evaluating the situation, since federal rules cap sales of vehicles without steering wheels and pedals. Texas records showed 45 Cybercabs among 420 Tesla vehicles registered for driverless operation.",
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          "url": "https://bworldonline.com/technology/2026/09/04/774661/tesla-starts-cybercab-rides-in-austin-prompting-us-safety-agency-evaluation/",
          "outlet": "BusinessWorld (Reuters)",
          "published": "2026-09-04",
          "quote": "Tesla said on Thursday it was offering rides in “limited areas of Austin, Texas” in its two-seater Cybercab, a vehicle without a steering wheel or pedals, with the auto safety agency responding that it was evaluating the matter."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/tesla-unveils-cybercab-robotaxi-exclusive-220441497.html",
          "outlet": "Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo",
          "published": "2026-09-03",
          "quote": "Tesla said Cybercab rides now are available only in a limited area in Austin, though."
        }
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      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/tesla-cybercab-robotaxi#n279",
      "date": "2026-09-02",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Driverless Cybercabs run on Austin streets the day before the launch event; 45 authorised in Texas",
      "summary": "The day before its launch event Tesla ran driverless Cybercabs, with no steering wheel and nobody on board, on public streets in Austin; video clips circulated on X and Musk posted A storm of Cybercabs. Texas DMV records that night showed 45 Cybercabs among 420 Tesla vehicles authorised for driverless operation in the state, and a tracker counted about 200 unsupervised vehicles across Tesla's U.S. fleet in Austin, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando and Tampa.",
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          "url": "https://qz.com/tesla-cybercab-driverless-robotaxi-austin-090326",
          "outlet": "Quartz",
          "published": "2026-09-03",
          "quote": "Tesla $TSLA put driverless Cybercab vehicles on public streets in Austin on Wednesday, ahead of a planned event Thursday where the company is expected to share more details about its robotaxi rollout."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://apnews.com/article/tesla-cybercab-austin-elon-musk-driverless-8791add840f4debbc41bcaa9d1e64561",
          "outlet": "Associated Press",
          "published": "2026-09-03",
          "quote": "Tesla has more than 200 “unsupervised” robotaxis in those cities, meaning they operate without safety drivers aboard, according to the monitoring site RobotaxiTracker."
        }
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      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/tesla-cybercab-robotaxi#n272",
      "date": "2026-08-25",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Tesla sets an invitation-only Cybercab launch event in Austin for September 3",
      "summary": "Tesla posted a flyer for a September 3 Cybercab launch event and chose attendees through a Robotaxi rider sweepstakes and direct invitations. Musk had warned that the early production rate would be agonisingly slow; Texas transport officials said the car would dramatically scale the service.",
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        "Elon Musk"
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        {
          "url": "https://www.statesman.com/business/article/tesla-cybercab-austin-launch-robotaxi-22402542.php",
          "outlet": "Austin American-Statesman",
          "published": "2026-08-25",
          "quote": "Tesla Inc. is throwing an exclusive party to mark the launch of its newest model, a purpose-built robotaxi known as Cybercab."
        }
      ]
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      "id": 310,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/spacex-starship-test-flights#n310",
      "date": "2026-08-20",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Ship 41 static fires for Flight 14, planned as Starship's first orbital launch; ship catch deferred",
      "summary": "Ship 41 completed a single-engine burn simulating a deorbit and a 60-second six-engine static fire at Massey's, clearing the way for Flight 14 in September, the first mission meant to put Starship into orbit and carry operational Starlink V3 satellites. Musk said a return-to-tower catch of the ship would now come in a few months, so both stages were expected to splash down. A V3 booster catch had not yet been tried. Booster 21 followed with a full-duration 33-engine static fire on the pad on August 28.",
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        {
          "url": "https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-fires-up-starship-ahead-of-megarockets-1st-orbital-flight-video",
          "outlet": "Space.com",
          "published": "2026-08-21",
          "quote": "As its name suggests, Flight 14 will be Starship's 14th test flight, but it will be the rocket's first launch into orbit, if all goes according to plan."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-test-fires-starship-super-heavy-booster-ahead-of-key-test-flight",
          "outlet": "Space.com",
          "published": "2026-08-28",
          "quote": "The company conducted an engine test with Starship's giant first-stage booster, known as Super Heavy, on the launch pad at its Starbase site in South Texas on Friday (Aug. 28)."
        }
      ]
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      "timeline": "spacex-ipo",
      "id": 812,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/spacex-ipo#n812",
      "date": "2026-08-13",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Elon Musk reports 6.42 billion Class-A-equivalent SpaceX shares",
      "summary": "Elon Musk filed a Schedule 13G reporting beneficial ownership of 6,418,547,515 SpaceX shares. The reported position included Class A shares, Class B shares, restricted Class B shares, and options.",
      "type": "regulatory",
      "entities": [
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          "outlet": "Elon Musk SEC Schedule 13G",
          "published": "2026-08-13",
          "quote": "6,418,547,515 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the \"Class A Common Stock\"), of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (the \"Issuer\"), which includes (i) 849,494,440 shares of Class A Common Stock held of record by trusts where Elon R. Musk (the \"Reporting Person\") serves as trustee, (ii) 3,916,980,790 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Issuer (the \"Class B Common Stock\") held of record by trusts where the Reporting Person serves as trustee, (iii) 1,302,072,285 shares of restricted Class B Common Stock issued to and held of record by the Reporting Person, which may be voted by the Reporting Person and the vesting of which is subject to the satisfaction of certain performance and other conditions (the \"Restricted Class B Common Stock\"), and (iv) 350,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock issuable to the Reporting Person upon exercise of options (the \"Class B Options\")."
        }
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    {
      "timeline": "spacex-starship-test-flights",
      "id": 309,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/spacex-starship-test-flights#n309",
      "date": "2026-08-07",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Attempt to tow the Flight 13 ship to shore fails in rough seas",
      "summary": "Two weeks after splashdown SpaceX was still trying to guide the 52-metre ship to port in Western Australia when Musk said recovery was not looking good; the team had already photographed critical parts of the heatshield and engines up close. The ship's survival of the splashdown prompted talk of catching a ship at the tower on a coming flight.",
      "type": "report",
      "entities": [
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        "Elon Musk"
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      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/not-looking-good-right-now-starship-likely-to-be-lost-at-sea-2-weeks-after-epic-13th-test-flight-elon-musk-says",
          "outlet": "Space.com",
          "published": "2026-08-07",
          "quote": "\"Unfortunately, ship recovery is not looking good right now. Nonetheless, we were able to obtain close-up photos of critical regions of the heat shield and engines for future upgrades,\" Musk wrote this afternoon via X, the social media site he owns."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "timeline": "spacex-ipo",
      "id": 801,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/spacex-ipo#n801",
      "date": "2026-08-04",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "First results as a public company: revenue up 92 percent to $7.8 billion, capex above $10 billion, stock down 8 percent",
      "summary": "Second-quarter revenue rose 92 percent to $7.8 billion, with Connectivity (Starlink) at $4.3 billion, AI at $2.6 billion and Space at $962 million; the net loss narrowed to $541 million and adjusted EBITDA reached $3.5 billion. SpaceX cited two Starship V3 flights in the quarter and $14.1 billion of contracted cloud-services agreements, but capital spending above $10 billion sent the shares down about 8 percent after hours.",
      "type": "financial",
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        "Elon Musk"
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      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026052515/earningsreleaseq22608042.htm",
          "outlet": "SpaceX Q2 2026 earnings release, Form 8-K Exhibit 99.1 (SEC)",
          "published": "2026-08-04",
          "quote": "Demonstrated the power of extreme vertical integration, delivering revenue growth of 92% year-over-year across Space, Connectivity and AI"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/04/spacex-spcx-earnings-live-updates-q2-2026.html",
          "outlet": "CNBC",
          "published": "2026-08-04",
          "quote": "SpaceX reported better-than-expected revenue for the second quarter in the company's first earnings report since its record IPO in June. The stock dropped about 8% in extended trading as capital expenditures soared."
        }
      ]
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    {
      "timeline": "spacex-ipo",
      "id": 796,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/spacex-ipo#n796",
      "date": "2026-06-16",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Four days after listing, SpaceX agrees to buy Cursor maker Anysphere in an all-stock deal reported at $60 billion",
      "summary": "SpaceX signed a merger agreement to acquire Anysphere, the company behind the Cursor AI coding tool, with each Cursor share converting into SpaceX Class A stock at a ratio set by SpaceX's average price in the seven trading days before closing. Reports put the value at about $60 billion, the largest purchase of a venture-backed startup, exercising an option SpaceX had taken in April.",
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        "Cursor",
        "Elon Musk"
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        {
          "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026043411/spaceexplorationtechnologi.htm",
          "outlet": "SpaceX Form 8-K (SEC)",
          "published": "2026-06-16",
          "quote": "On June 16, 2026, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (the “Company”), X67 Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), and Anysphere, Inc. (“Cursor”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into Cursor, with Cursor surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”)."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "timeline": "spacex-ipo",
      "id": 795,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/spacex-ipo#n795",
      "date": "2026-06-15",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "IPO closes with the full greenshoe, 638.9 million shares; Musk floats $1 trillion of revenue by 2030",
      "summary": "The offering closed on June 15 with the underwriters exercising their full option for another 83.3 million shares, taking the total sold to 638,888,888 at $135, about $86 billion. Over the weekend Musk posted that SpaceX 'might be able to reach approximately' $1 trillion in revenue in 2030, against $18.7 billion in 2025, and the stock rose another 20 percent in its first full session.",
      "type": "financial",
      "entities": [
        "SpaceX",
        "Elon Musk"
      ],
      "parties": [
        "spacex",
        "elon-musk"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026043288/spaceexplorationtechnologi.htm",
          "outlet": "SpaceX Form 8-K (SEC)",
          "published": "2026-06-15",
          "quote": "On June 15, 2026, the Company completed its IPO of 638,888,888 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, at an offering price of $135.00 per share, which includes the exercise in full by the Underwriters (as defined below) of their option to purchase from the Company an additional 83,333,333 shares of Class A Common Stock, pursuant to the Registration Statement."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/15/spacex-stock-record-ipo-debut.html",
          "outlet": "CNBC",
          "published": "2026-06-15",
          "quote": "SpaceX completed the biggest IPO in history, raising $75 billion before underwriters exercised their overallotment. CEO Elon Musk posted on X on Sunday that the company \"might be able to reach approximately\" $1 trillion revenue in 2030, up from $18.7 billion last year."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "timeline": "spacex-ipo",
      "id": 793,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/spacex-ipo#n793",
      "date": "2026-06-11",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Priced: 555.6 million shares at $135, $75 billion, the largest IPO in history",
      "summary": "SpaceX priced its offering at a fixed $135 a share with no bookbuilding range, selling 555,555,555 Class A shares for $75 billion before the underwriters' option, and listing on both Nasdaq and the new Nasdaq Texas exchange. The final prospectus reserved up to five percent of the shares for employees and people named by executives, and kept board control with Musk.",
      "type": "launch",
      "entities": [
        "SpaceX",
        "Nasdaq",
        "Elon Musk",
        "Goldman Sachs"
      ],
      "parties": [
        "spacex",
        "nasdaq",
        "elon-musk",
        "goldman-sachs"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026042639/spaceexplorationtechnologi.htm",
          "outlet": "SpaceX final prospectus, Form 424B4 (SEC)",
          "published": "2026-06-12",
          "quote": "We are offering 555,555,555 shares of our Class A common stock."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026042639/spaceexplorationtechnologi.htm",
          "outlet": "SpaceX final prospectus, Form 424B4 (SEC)",
          "published": "2026-06-12",
          "quote": "We have been approved to list our Class A common stock on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) and Nasdaq Texas, LLC (“Nasdaq Texas”) under the symbol “SPCX.” Following the completion of this offering, we will have two classes of common stock issued and outstanding: Class A common stock and Class B common stock."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "timeline": "spacex-ipo",
      "id": 792,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/spacex-ipo#n792",
      "date": "2026-05-20",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "The S-1 goes public: ticker SPCX on Nasdaq, Goldman Sachs leading, Starlink and AI numbers disclosed",
      "summary": "SpaceX's public registration statement set up a Nasdaq listing under SPCX with Goldman Sachs as lead-left underwriter followed by Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan, and for the first time showed the company's financials: 2025 revenue of $18.7 billion, billions in losses driven by Starship and the xAI business, and Musk's control through Class B shares carrying more than 80 percent of the voting power.",
      "type": "regulatory",
      "entities": [
        "SpaceX",
        "Goldman Sachs",
        "Morgan Stanley",
        "Elon Musk",
        "Nasdaq"
      ],
      "parties": [
        "spacex",
        "goldman-sachs",
        "morgan-stanley",
        "elon-musk",
        "nasdaq"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/20/spacex-ipo-live-updates.html",
          "outlet": "CNBC",
          "published": "2026-05-20",
          "quote": "SpaceX's official IPO filing sets up a likely Nasdaq debut next month. Goldman Sachs is lead left on the prospectus, followed by Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://ir.spacex.com/updates/releases-details/2026/SpaceX-Announces-Pricing-of-25-Billion-Inaugural-Bond-Issuance-2026-33VwNgsx3O/default.aspx",
          "outlet": "SpaceX Investor Relations",
          "published": "2026-06-23",
          "quote": "These risks, contingencies, and uncertainties and other important factors are described in the “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” sections of the prospectus contained in our Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed on May 20, 2026, as amended (No. 333-296070)."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "timeline": "tesla-cybercab-robotaxi",
      "id": 275,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/tesla-cybercab-robotaxi#n275",
      "date": "2026-05-15",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Tesla stops redacting robotaxi crash narratives; two low-speed collisions were caused by teleoperators",
      "summary": "Newly unredacted crash reports released by NHTSA gave narrative descriptions for all 17 crashes Tesla had logged on the Robotaxi network since launch; Tesla had previously blacked out every description as confidential. Two of the crashes, in July 2025 and January 2026 in Austin, happened while a remote operator was driving the car at under 10 mph after the safety monitor asked for help: one mounted a curb into a metal fence, the other scraped a construction barricade. Other cases included an unprotected left turn into a parking-lot chain and a dog that ran into the road. Most of the rest were other vehicles hitting the Teslas. Musk had said the month before that making sure things are completely safe was the biggest limit on expansion.",
      "type": "report",
      "entities": [
        "Tesla",
        "NHTSA",
        "Elon Musk"
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      "parties": [
        "tesla",
        "nhtsa",
        "elon-musk"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/15/tesla-reveals-two-robotaxi-crashes-involving-teleoperators/",
          "outlet": "TechCrunch",
          "published": "2026-05-15",
          "quote": "It’s not clear why, but Tesla changed course this week, and the latest version of the data released by the NHTSA now provides a narrative description for all 17 crashes Tesla has recorded since last year with its nascent Robotaxi network."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "timeline": "intel-foundry-18a",
      "id": 1914,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/intel-foundry-18a#n1914",
      "date": "2026-04-22",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Musk says Terafab plans to use Intel 14A",
      "summary": "Elon Musk said Terafab planned to use Intel's 14A process. Tom’s Hardware reported that the plan was for use when Terafab had production capacity and the process had matured.",
      "type": "announcement",
      "entities": [
        "Tesla",
        "Elon Musk",
        "Terafab",
        "Intel",
        "Intel 14A"
      ],
      "parties": [
        "tesla",
        "elon-musk",
        "terafab",
        "intel",
        "intel-14a"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://stockanalysis.com/stocks/tsla/transcripts/547944-q1-2026/",
          "outlet": "Stock Analysis, Tesla Q1 2026 earnings-call transcript",
          "published": "2026-04-22",
          "quote": "We plan to use Intel's 14A process, which is state-of-the-art and in fact, not yet totally complete."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/elon-musk-says-terafab-will-use-intels-14a-process-technology-to-make-ai-chips-spacex-will-be-responsible-for-high-volume-chip-manufacturing-in-liekly-intel-tech-licensing-deal",
          "outlet": "Tom’s Hardware",
          "published": "2026-04-23",
          "quote": "Elon Musk on Wednesday said that TeraFab plans to use Intel's 14A fabrication technology when it has its own production capacity later this decade and when the manufacturing process matures."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "timeline": "tesla-cybercab-robotaxi",
      "id": 270,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/tesla-cybercab-robotaxi#n270",
      "date": "2026-04-22",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Q1 2026 update: Cybercab in pilot production, unsupervised rides launched in Dallas and Houston",
      "summary": "The first-quarter deck listed Cybercab in pilot production at Giga Texas, said Tesla expected volume production of Cybercab and Semi in 2026 and that Cybercab would over time replace the Model Y fleet, and reported unsupervised rides in Dallas and Houston in April along with a larger Austin area. On the call Musk said production had begun but would be very slow before ramping late in the year, with little revenue before 2027; Tesla said the car meets federal safety standards and needs no NHTSA exemption.",
      "type": "report",
      "entities": [
        "Tesla",
        "Cybercab",
        "Elon Musk"
      ],
      "parties": [
        "tesla",
        "cybercab",
        "elon-musk"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000162828026026551/exhibit991.htm",
          "outlet": "SEC EDGAR",
          "published": "2026-04-22",
          "quote": "We further expanded our unsupervised operation area in Austin and launched unsupervised rides in both Dallas and Houston in April."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/tesla-begins-cybercab-robotaxi-production-154930610.html",
          "outlet": "Quartz (via Yahoo Finance)",
          "published": "2026-04-24",
          "quote": "\"You should expect that initial production of Cybercab and Semi will be very slow, but then ramping up and going kind of exponential towards the end of the year.\""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "timeline": "spacex-ipo",
      "id": 790,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/spacex-ipo#n790",
      "date": "2026-02-02",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "SpaceX absorbs xAI, Grok and X in an all-stock deal valuing the combination at $1.25 trillion",
      "summary": "Four months before listing, Musk folded his AI company xAI, with the Grok models and the X social network, into SpaceX in what CNBC called the largest private merger ever, at $1 trillion for SpaceX and $250 billion for xAI. The deal put an AI business, and its losses and data-center spending, into the company that would go public.",
      "type": "announcement",
      "entities": [
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        "xAI",
        "Elon Musk",
        "X"
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        "spacex",
        "xai",
        "elon-musk",
        "x"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/11/musk-announces-xai-re-org-following-key-departures-spacex-merger.html",
          "outlet": "CNBC",
          "published": "2026-02-11",
          "quote": "Last week, Musk announced a record-setting, all-stock transaction in which SpaceX, the aerospace and defense juggernaut, acquired xAI, which owns and operates social network X and is the developer of Grok, the embattled AI chatbot and image generator."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.spacex.com/updates",
          "outlet": "SpaceX",
          "published": "2026-02-02",
          "quote": "SpaceX has acquired xAI to form the most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with AI, rockets, space-based internet, direct-to-mobile device communications and the world’s foremost real-time information and free speech platform."
        }
      ]
    },
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      "timeline": "tesla-cybercab-robotaxi",
      "id": 268,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/tesla-cybercab-robotaxi#n268",
      "date": "2026-01-22",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "First paid robotaxi rides in Austin with no safety monitor in the car",
      "summary": "Musk posted that Tesla had started Robotaxi drives in Austin with no safety monitor in the car, seven months after launch. Tesla had begun driverless testing in December; AI chief Ashok Elluswamy said a few unsupervised vehicles would be mixed into the monitored fleet with the ratio rising over time. Riders reported being charged, and chase cars were seen following the driverless vehicles.",
      "type": "launch",
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        "Elon Musk",
        "Ashok Elluswamy"
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      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://ir.tesla.com/_flysystem/s3/sec/000162828026003837/tsla-20260128-gen.pdf",
          "outlet": "Tesla, Inc.",
          "published": "2026-01-28",
          "quote": "We began testing driverless Robotaxis in Austin in December and began removing the safety monitor from customer rides in January on a limited basis, which will unlock further expansion of our Robotaxi fleet and coverage area in the Austin-metro."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/tesla-launches-robotaxi-rides-in-austin-with-no-human-safety-driver/",
          "outlet": "TechCrunch",
          "published": "2026-01-22",
          "quote": "CEO Elon Musk on Thursday posted on X, his social media platform: “Just started Tesla Robotaxi drives in Austin with no safety monitor in the car."
        }
      ]
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    {
      "timeline": "spacex-ipo",
      "id": 806,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/spacex-ipo#n806",
      "date": "2026-01-13",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Musk is granted 1 billion restricted Class B shares that vest on market-cap milestones up to $7.5 trillion and a million-person Mars colony",
      "summary": "Five months before the IPO, SpaceX granted Elon Musk 1 billion performance-based restricted Class B shares as long-term incentive pay. According to Musk's later Schedule 13G, they vest in 15 equal tranches as SpaceX's market capitalization rises from $500 billion to $7.5 trillion in $500 billion steps, and on the company establishing a permanent human colony on Mars with at least one million inhabitants, subject to his continued employment. SEC staff questioned the disclosure during the IPO review.",
      "type": "financial",
      "entities": [
        "Elon Musk",
        "SpaceX",
        "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission"
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      "parties": [
        "elon-musk",
        "spacex",
        "us-securities-and-exchange-commission"
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      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026039278/filename1.htm",
          "outlet": "SpaceX SEC correspondence",
          "published": "2026-06-01",
          "quote": "We note your disclosure that as part of your long-term incentive compensation, Mr. Musk was granted 1 billion performance-based restricted shares of Class B common stock on January 13, 2026."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001181412/7ab7979e-9bcc-449e-9dbf-9db652e077a8.pdf",
          "outlet": "Elon Musk SEC Form 3",
          "published": "2026-06-11",
          "quote": "1,000,000,000 shares of restricted Class B Common Stock vest upon (i) the Issuer's achievement of specified market capitalization milestones across 15 equal tranches ranging from $500 billion to $7.5 trillion, with each milestone reflecting $500 billion in additional valuation, and (ii) the Issuer's establishment of a permanent human colony on Mars with at least one million inhabitants, in each case, subject to the Reporting Person's continued employment."
        }
      ]
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      "timeline": "spacex-ipo",
      "id": 789,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/spacex-ipo#n789",
      "date": "2025-12-12",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "$800 billion insider sale, and a company memo confirms IPO preparations for 2026",
      "summary": "An insider share sale at $421 a share valued SpaceX at about $800 billion, past OpenAI's $500 billion record for a private company, and a company message seen by Bloomberg said SpaceX was preparing for a possible 2026 offering to fund an 'insane flight rate' for Starship, AI data centers in space and a moon base.",
      "type": "announcement",
      "entities": [
        "SpaceX",
        "Elon Musk",
        "Starship"
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      "parties": [
        "spacex",
        "elon-musk",
        "starship"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/12/13/spacex-ipo-plan-2026-secondary-offering-insider-share-sale-800-billion-valuation/",
          "outlet": "Fortune",
          "published": "2025-12-13",
          "quote": "SpaceX is moving forward with an insider share sale that values Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite maker at about $800 billion, setting up what could be the largest initial public offering of all time."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/12/13/spacex-ipo-plan-2026-secondary-offering-insider-share-sale-800-billion-valuation/",
          "outlet": "Fortune",
          "published": "2025-12-13",
          "quote": "In a company message seen by Bloomberg on Friday, SpaceX said it’s preparing for a possible public offering in 2026 that would be aimed at funding an “insane flight rate” for its developmental Starship rocket, artificial intelligence data centers in space and a base on the moon."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "timeline": "spacex-ipo",
      "id": 788,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/spacex-ipo#n788",
      "date": "2025-12-09",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Bloomberg: SpaceX plans a 2026 IPO raising more than $30 billion at about $1.5 trillion",
      "summary": "The first detailed report of an IPO plan said SpaceX aimed to list in mid-to-late 2026 and raise well above $30 billion at a valuation near $1.5 trillion, which would make it the largest listing ever. Musk had long said Starlink might be spun out instead; the plan now covered the whole company.",
      "type": "report",
      "entities": [
        "SpaceX",
        "Elon Musk"
      ],
      "parties": [
        "spacex",
        "elon-musk"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/09/spacex-reportedly-planning-2026-ipo-with-1-5t-valuation-target",
          "outlet": "TechCrunch",
          "published": "2025-12-09",
          "quote": "SpaceX is planning to go public in mid-to-late 2026 and is looking to raise $30 billion at a valuation of around $1.5 trillion, according to a new report from Bloomberg News citing multiple unidentified sources."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "timeline": "tesla-cybercab-robotaxi",
      "id": 267,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/tesla-cybercab-robotaxi#n267",
      "date": "2025-11-06",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Shareholders approve Musk's 2025 performance award, with a million robotaxis in commercial operation among its milestones",
      "summary": "At the annual meeting in Austin, Tesla said 75 percent of votes cast backed the 2025 CEO Performance Award, a stock grant of up to 423.7 million shares paid in twelve tranches as market value climbs from $2 trillion to $8.5 trillion and operational goals are met. Alongside 20 million vehicles, 10 million active FSD subscriptions and a million Optimus robots, the goals include one million robotaxis in commercial operation.",
      "type": "announcement",
      "entities": [
        "Tesla",
        "Elon Musk"
      ],
      "parties": [
        "tesla",
        "elon-musk"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://ir.tesla.com/_flysystem/s3/sec/000110465925108507/tm2530590d1_8k-gen.pdf",
          "outlet": "Tesla, Inc.",
          "published": "2025-11-07",
          "quote": "On November 6, 2025, Tesla’s shareholders approved the 2025 CEO Performance Award at the Annual Meeting as described below in Item 5.07 to this Current Report."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/tesla-shareholders-musk-pay.html",
          "outlet": "CNBC",
          "published": "2025-11-06",
          "quote": "Other goals tied to the newly approved pay plan include reaching 20 million vehicle deliveries, 10 million active FSD (Full Self-Driving) subscriptions, 1 million bots (Optimus humanoid robots) delivered and 1 million robotaxis in commercial operation."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "timeline": "tesla-cybercab-robotaxi",
      "id": 263,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/tesla-cybercab-robotaxi#n263",
      "date": "2025-06-22",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Tesla starts paid robotaxi rides in Austin with Model Ys, safety monitors and a $4.20 flat fare",
      "summary": "Tesla's Robotaxi service began on a Sunday afternoon in a fenced area of Austin with roughly ten modified Model Ys, invited riders, mostly influencers and investors, a Tesla employee in the front passenger seat as safety monitor, daytime-only hours and a flat $4.20 fare announced by Musk on X. It was the first time Tesla carried paying passengers in cars with no one in the driver's seat.",
      "type": "launch",
      "entities": [
        "Tesla",
        "Elon Musk"
      ],
      "parties": [
        "tesla",
        "elon-musk"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/downloads/TSLA-Q2-2025-Update.pdf?gsid=9f1a5c7c-f6f8-48d7-b616-265d30d271e7",
          "outlet": "Tesla",
          "published": "2025-07-23",
          "quote": "In June, we launched our Robotaxi service in the first city, Austin, with a safety rider."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/22/musks-tesla-is-launching-robotaxis-in-austin-texas.html",
          "outlet": "CNBC",
          "published": "2025-06-22",
          "quote": "After driverless Tesla Model Ys were spotted traversing Austin, Texas, streets on Sunday morning, CEO Elon Musk posted on his social platform X that Tesla's \"robotaxi launch\" would start this afternoon with rides for a flat fee of $4.20."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "timeline": "spacex-ipo",
      "id": 786,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/spacex-ipo#n786",
      "date": "2024-12-03",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Tender offer talks value SpaceX at about $350 billion",
      "summary": "Bloomberg reported that SpaceX was discussing an insider share sale at roughly $350 billion, up from $210 billion a year earlier, making it the most valuable private company in the United States. The periodic tender offers, which let employees and early investors sell to outside funds, were how SpaceX's price was set before it went public.",
      "type": "report",
      "entities": [
        "SpaceX",
        "Elon Musk"
      ],
      "parties": [
        "spacex",
        "elon-musk"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/spacex-weighs-tender-offer-roughly-233517767.html",
          "outlet": "Bloomberg (via Yahoo Finance)",
          "published": "2024-12-03",
          "quote": "SpaceX is in discussions to sell insider shares that could boost the value of Elon Musk's rocket and satellite company to around $350 billion, according to people familiar with the matter."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "timeline": "tesla-cybercab-robotaxi",
      "id": 257,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/tesla-cybercab-robotaxi#n257",
      "date": "2024-10-10",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "We, Robot: Tesla unveils the two-seat Cybercab, priced under $30,000, with production targeted before 2027",
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