Max Chafkin
@chafkin
writer, @BW and @technology. Co-Host, the Everybody's Business podcast. Author, The Contrarian. Worse half to @lagorio. Email: m at maxchafkin dot com.
There were a lot of pieces written about how dumb musk was when he bought x and how he was lighting his money on fire with him PAC. Here’s me and @danahull on what went right. Say hello to Musk’s 7th company
New episode! Powell v Trump, Travel v Staycation, witches v natural science. Featuring @amandamull @marthagimbel @svaneksmith SUBSCRIBE!! bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
this seems bearish for elon and tesla reuters.com/business/autos…
we talked about the inherent tension between inventing new physics and building whatever this is
On this episode of the Elon, Inc. podcast, @KurtWagner8 joins @chafkin and @danahull to discuss xAI's latest product launch: a new Grok 4 model and AI companions—including a pigtailed and corseted anime character trib.al/G5aCDxU
After US President Donald Trump suddenly threatened a 50% tariff on copper, the reaction from markets was predictably strong, leaving metal distributors scrambling to get deliveries across the border. @JoeDeaux joins @svaneksmith and @chafkin on the Everybody's Business podcast…
Had to break the glass with @sarahfrier on the exit on the ceo of this app podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/elo…
It’s amazing how often I have to remind friends and loved ones not to take anything a large language model tells you as a verified fact. Google etc was never exactly reliable, but ai has made it much less so
This was a good ep. @nancook on what the America Party might look like and @deyesha on the efforts from tesla investors to stop that from happening bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Will be on msnbc shortly talking the American Party (or whatever they call it) and the Big Beautiful Bill
TONIGHT: Search and rescue operations still underway following flash flooding in Texas -- Trump issues new tariff threats, including those targeting key American allies -- & Elon Musk announces plan to launch his own political party. @SRuhle @sbg1 @gardnerakayla @JustinWolfers…
That this is the pretty much the best case scenario says something.
I disagree with the doomsday crowd who believe Elon’s formation of the America Party will hurt the Tesla brand. While it’s difficult to predict the short term impact, I doubt this will impact $TSLA stock longer term. IMHO the America Party is highly unlikely to get much…