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A month-by-month review of xAI (now SpaceXAI) from Oct 2025 to Oct 2026: models, SpaceX deal, IPO, compute, plus roadmap claims and open questions.

Musk says Grok Bot can research best prices and buy things for you. The feature dates from 28 August. What the approval step and single-use card mean.

SpaceX launched 21 Northrop Grumman-built data-relay satellites for the US Space Development Agency on 10 October after a 5 October abort. What is confirmed, and what is not.

SpaceX agrees to buy up to 14 MHz of 800 MHz spectrum from Grain Management, pending FCC approval; no price was disclosed. NASA and the Department of Energy sign a space nuclear power pact, with a reactor spacecraft planned for 2028 and a lunar reactor a 2030 goal. Amazon Leo passes 1,000 satellites built, Blue Origin plans a $554.78 million factory in Texas, and Crew-12 is home.

A Tesla Cybercab lost a door panel in a Philadelphia crash, with fault unknown and no Tesla AV certificate in Pennsylvania. Updated 10 Oct with the Texas registry count, NHTSA's 30 October deadline and Tesla's own claim of 300+ Cybercabs serving Austin. What is reported, what is confirmed, and what we don't know. Waymo, XPENG and Pony.ai/Uber stories now have their own posts.

Elon Musk says Tesla and SpaceX will build and run the Terafab AI chip complex in Texas, with TSMC at most subleasing part of it. Intel's CEO says Intel remains involved. What was said, what Terafab is, and the open questions.

Secondary CryptoBriefing coverage says xAI’s Grok 4.7 holds 1st–3rd on VulcanBench Frontier v4. Primary VulcanBench/xAI confirmation was not checked here.

Business Standard relays Bloomberg/FT reporting that SpaceX is in early talks to borrow about $40bn for Nvidia chips. Claims rest on unnamed sources; talks may not close. Not company-confirmed.

Update, 9 Oct 2026: Slovakia's transport minister says his ministry plans to send the Netherlands a letter recognising the Dutch approval of Tesla's system "in the coming days" (reported; not yet approved). Update, 8 Oct 2026: Tesla's European websites are switching "Full Self-Driving (Supervised)" to "Tesla Assisted Driving" after Germany's Transport Ministry called the FSD name "somewhat misleading". The rollout is partial, the system is unchanged and EU-wide approval is still pending, with no vote expected before December.

Tesla's 'Put Up or Shut Up' Year: Optimus Production Begins, Robotaxi Expands, and Competition Heats Up Elon Musk promised 2026 would be the year Tesla delivers...