Anthony Pompliano Wants Elon Musk To Merge Tesla And SpaceX: 'Give Us One Company To Bet On'
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Entrepreneur and investor Anthony Pompliano said Sunday that Elon Musk should merge Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX), arguing that public investors deserve a single company through which they can back what he called “this generation’s greatest entrepreneur.”
The Ultimate Musk Stock
“As a Tesla shareholder, I hope Elon Musk merges Tesla with SpaceX as soon as possible,” Pompliano wrote on X. “Give us one company to bet on this generation’s greatest entrepreneur.”
Pompliano’s comments come just days after SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO valued the company at more than $2 trillion, further cementing Musk’s position as one of the world’s most influential business leaders.
The entrepreneur’s empire now spans electric vehicles, space exploration, artificial intelligence, robotics and social media, yet investors must buy multiple securities to gain exposure to those businesses.
A Compelling Vision, A Complicated Deal
For some investors, a combined company would offer exposure to two of the most closely watched businesses in the world through a single stock, combining Tesla’s leadership in electric vehicles and robotics with SpaceX’s rapidly growing space and communications operations.
Any transaction would face significant hurdles given the companies’ vastly different shareholder bases, governance structures and capital requirements.
The Case For A Tesla-SpaceX Merger
While a Tesla-SpaceX combination remains speculative, several prominent Musk watchers have argued that the companies could eventually move closer together.
Last month, Wedbush analyst Dan Ives put the odds of a Tesla-SpaceX tie-up at roughly 80%, arguing that the connective tissue between Musk’s businesses is already forming. Walter Isaacson, who wrote a biography on Musk, has also pointed to the potential strategic overlap between the companies.
Investor Ross Gerber has suggested that any transaction would likely look less like a traditional merger of equals and more like SpaceX absorbing Tesla into a broader Musk-controlled structure.
Musk has repeatedly consolidated businesses across his empire. After merging X into xAI in early 2025 to combine social media and artificial intelligence capabilities, SpaceX acquired the combined company in February through a massive all-stock deal, further unifying some of Musk’s most prominent ventures.
For some investors, the attraction is no longer just Tesla, SpaceX, or xAI individually, but the possibility of gaining exposure to Musk’s broader vision through a single investment.
Price Action: Tesla shares closed 1.74% higher on Friday at $406.43, before falling 0.08% in after-hours trading. SpaceX opened at $150 after pricing its IPO at $135 per share, climbed as high as $176.52 during the session and closed at $160.95, up nearly 19% on its first day of trading.
Benzinga Edge Rankings indicate that TSLA has a Momentum score in the 41st percentile and a Growth score in the 88th percentile.
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