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In 2025, Musk’s major companies — Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI — spent nearly \u003Cstrong>$600 million\u003C/strong> on goods and services from each other. \u003Ca href=\"https://sherwood.news/tech/elon-musks-companies-more-than-doubled-their-spending-on-each-other-and-thats-before-teslas-2b-investment-in-xai-spacex/\">That’s more than double the $240 million recorded in 2024\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cpicture>\u003Csource srcset=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/0001/photo_2026-05-05_15-20-05.webp\" type=\"image/webp\">\u003Cimg  alt=\"Elon Musk’s Companies Paid Each Other 0 Million in 2025 — And That’s Just the Beginning\" class=\"image-align-center\" height=\"240\" src=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/0001/photo_2026-05-05_15-20-05.jpg\" width=\"300\" />\u003C/picture>\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>The Money Flows in 2025\u003C/strong>\u003C/h4>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cpicture>\u003Csource srcset=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/0001/image-2026-05-05t152832655.webp\" type=\"image/webp\">\u003Cimg alt=\"Elon Musk’s Companies Paid Each Other 0 Million in 2025 — And That’s Just the Beginning\" class=\"image-align-right\" height=\"447\" src=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/0001/image-2026-05-05t152832655.jpg\" width=\"300\" />\u003C/picture>Here’s how the biggest transactions broke down:\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>- xAI → Tesla: $430 million\u003C/strong>\u003Cbr />\nThe largest single flow. Most of this money went toward Tesla Megapacks — giant battery storage units the size of shipping containers. xAI needs enormous amounts of reliable power for its growing AI training clusters.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>- SpaceX → Tesla: $143 million\u003C/strong>\u003Cbr />\nPrimarily for vehicles. SpaceX bought a significant number of Teslas, including roughly \u003Cstrong>one in every five Cybertrucks\u003C/strong> sold last year. According to Sherwood, these purchases were made at standard market prices available to unaffiliated third parties.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cul>\n\t\u003Cli>T\u003Cstrong>esla → SpaceX: $12 million;\u003C/strong>\u003C/li>\n\t\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Tesla → xAI: $7 million;\u003C/strong>\u003C/li>\n\t\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Tesla → Musk’s security companies: ~$5 million.\u003C/strong>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\n\u003Cp>In total, Tesla was a net recipient — but not by as much as it might seem.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Chr />\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>The Big 2026 Move\u003C/strong>\u003C/h4>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cpicture>\u003Csource srcset=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/0001/image-2026-05-05t152834303.webp\" type=\"image/webp\">\u003Cimg alt=\"Elon Musk’s Companies Paid Each Other 0 Million in 2025 — And That’s Just the Beginning\" class=\"image-align-left\" height=\"343\" src=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/0001/image-2026-05-05t152834303.jpg\" width=\"230\" />\u003C/picture>These 2025 figures don’t even include the headline-grabbing transaction announced this year: \u003Cstrong>Tesla invested $2 billion\u003C/strong> directly into xAI. That single investment dramatically shifts the balance and shows just how tightly integrated Musk’s companies are becoming.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>Also read:\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cul>\n\t\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://quasa.io/media/ai-office-warfare-in-china-employees-train-ai-to-replace-colleagues-then-fight-back-with-sabotage-tools\">AI Office Warfare in China: Employees Train AI to Replace Colleagues — Then Fight Back with Sabotage Tools\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\n\t\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://quasa.io/media/china-just-gamified-school-with-digital-pets-and-kids-are-begging-for-more-homework\">China Just Gamified School with Digital Pets — And Kids Are Begging for More Homework\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\n\t\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://quasa.io/media/character-ai-launches-books-now-you-can-step-inside-your-favorite-classic-novels\">Character AI Launches “Books” — Now You Can Step Inside Your Favorite Classic Novels\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\n\u003Chr />\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>Why This Matters\u003C/strong>\u003C/h4>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cpicture>\u003Csource srcset=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/0001/image-2026-05-05t152836838.webp\" type=\"image/webp\">\u003Cimg alt=\"Elon Musk’s Companies Paid Each Other 0 Million in 2025 — And That’s Just the Beginning\" class=\"image-align-right\" height=\"298\" src=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/0001/image-2026-05-05t152836838.jpg\" width=\"200\" />\u003C/picture>This kind of internal spending is common in large conglomerates, but Musk’s empire is unique because of how intertwined the businesses are:\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cul>\n\t\u003Cli>xAI needs massive energy storage → buys Tesla Megapacks;\u003C/li>\n\t\u003Cli>SpaceX needs reliable high-performance vehicles for employees and operations → buys Teslas (especially Cybertrucks);\u003C/li>\n\t\u003Cli>Tesla benefits from huge internal demand that helps scale production.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\n\u003Cp>Critics see it as Musk moving money between his companies to prop each other up. Supporters view it as smart vertical integration and efficient capital allocation within a closely aligned group of companies working toward ambitious long-term goals (AI, space, energy, etc.).\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>Either way, the trend is clear: the financial ties between Musk’s companies are deepening fast. With the $2 billion Tesla investment in xAI, 2026 is on track to shatter last year’s internal spending records.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>As Sherwood notes, the interactive version of their infographic (available on their site) shows the flows in even more detail. 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