Inside the AI startup Elon Musk is betting $60 billion on
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A 4-year-old coding startup powering SpaceX and framed as a $60B bet says quiet part out loud—whoever owns the software factory owns the company. If you’re still treating AI coding tools as “developer productivity,” you’re missing that they’re becoming your core systems integrator.
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