{"id":221231,"date":"2026-02-06T18:46:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T18:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/how-elon-musk-is-rewriting-the-rules-on-founder-power-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T18:46:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T18:46:51","slug":"how-elon-musk-is-rewriting-the-rules-on-founder-power-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/how-elon-musk-is-rewriting-the-rules-on-founder-power-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"How Elon Musk is rewriting the rules on founder power | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elon Musk\u00a0has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/02\/02\/elon-musk-spacex-acquires-xai-data-centers-space-merger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">merged\u00a0SpaceX and xAI<\/a>,\u00a0creating\u00a0what might be the blueprint for a new Silicon Valley power structure. With his\u00a0$800 billion\u00a0net worth already rivaling historic conglomerate GE\u2019s peak market cap,\u00a0and Musk being vocal about his view that \u201ctech victory is decided by velocity of innovation,\u201d the question\u00a0isn\u2019t\u00a0whether a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/02\/01\/bye-bye-corporate-conglomerates-hello-personal-conglomerates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">personal conglomerate<\/a>\u00a0can be built, but rather how far Musk himself is going to take it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch as <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/podcasts\/equity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Equity<\/a> dives into this new era of the \u201ceverything\u201d business, whether\u00a0we\u2019ll\u00a0see others like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbinsights.com\/research\/report\/sam-altman-investments\/?utm_campaign=SO_IUR_LI_Q22024_CBI_SOCIAL&amp;utm_content=297674881&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=linkedin&amp;hss_channel=lcp-1140722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sam Altman<\/a>\u00a0follow suit, and more of the week\u2019s headlines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Subscribe to Equity on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TechCrunch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/id1215439780\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Apple Podcasts<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1215439780\/equity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Overcast<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5IEYLip3eDppcOmy5DmphC?si=rZDFHv2sQUul_g94iCRgpQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Spotify<\/a>\u00a0and all the casts. You\u00a0also can\u00a0follow Equity on<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EquityPod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0X<\/a>\u00a0and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@equitypod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Threads<\/a>, at @EquityPod.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/video\/how-elon-musk-is-rewriting-the-rules-on-founder-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk\u00a0has\u00a0merged\u00a0SpaceX and xAI,\u00a0creating\u00a0what might be the blueprint for a new Silicon Valley power structure. With his\u00a0$800 billion\u00a0net worth already rivaling historic conglomerate GE\u2019s peak market cap,\u00a0and Musk being vocal about his view that \u201ctech victory is decided by velocity of innovation,\u201d the question\u00a0isn\u2019t\u00a0whether a\u00a0personal conglomerate\u00a0can be built, but rather how far Musk himself is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":221232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-221231","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}