Elon Musk has merged SpaceX and xAI, creating what might be the blueprint for a new Silicon Valley power structure. With his $800 billion net worth already rivaling historic conglomerate GE's peak market cap, and Musk being vocal about his view that "tech victory is decided by velocity of innovation," the question isn't whether a personal conglomerate can be built, but rather how far Musk himself is going to take it.

Today on Equity, we're unpacking this new era of the "everything" business, whether we'll see others like Sam Altman follow suit, and more of the week's headlines.

Listen to the full episode to hear about:

Waymo's new $16B funding and why Alphabet staying as majority owner matters for an eventual IPO

Why everyone from Intel to Tesla is trying to break Nvidia's AI chip dominance

ElevenLabs’ $11B valuation, and why some investors are doubling — and quadrupling — down as it moves beyond voice AI

Positron's $230M bet on power-efficient chips as the next frontier

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