Spill the Tea: Silicon Valley
#4

why did elon really buy twitter?

Elon paid $44B for Twitter, gutted the staff, and renamed it X — but insiders say the real prize was the data firehose to train Grok. Was this a social media acquisition or an AI land grab dressed up as a free speech crusade?

April 4, 2026·14:01·Episode 4

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