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The report confirmed that Brin filed for divorce shortly after learning of the alleged affair
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After the news broke, Musk denied claims about any romantic involvement with Shanahan.
Key facts
- Musk's net worth has ballooned past $1 trillion, and Page is far behind at under $300 billion
- In December 2021, Musk had an affair with Brin's ex-wife, Nicole Shanahan, the Wall Street Journal reported in 2022
- SpaceX announced a deal to rent AI compute capacity to Google at $920 million per month for about 32 months
- Ahead of its IPO, SpaceX announced that it would be leasing AI infrastructure to Google for $920 million a month over the course of 32 months
Summary
In Elon Musk's telling of the story, his friendship with Google co-founder Larry Page soured in June 2015, at the Tesla and SpaceX CEO's 44th birthday party. That happened while they were discussing the terrifying potential of artificial intelligence. With Musk's 55th birthday weeks away, and SpaceX having completed the largest IPO in history, he and Page are the two wealthiest people in the world. The rift may never be repaired, but Musk's companies are more closely intertwined with Google than ever. Ahead of its IPO, SpaceX announced that it would be leasing AI infrastructure to Google for $920 million a month over the course of 32 months.