X - Tesla Investor Ross Gerber Thinks Elon Musk's Decision To Redirect Nvidia AI Chips To X xAI Is A 'Weird Excuse' | Benzinga
Investor Ross Gerber criticized Elon Musk for redirecting Nvidia chips meant for Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) to his social media company, X, and xAI.
What Happened: Gerber, a Tesla investor, commented during CNBC’s “Last Call” on Tuesday, on Musk’s explanation that Tesla had no facilities to activate the Nvidia chips, which would have otherwise sat idle in a warehouse.
“To say that you don't have room for something is a weird excuse for the biggest factory I've ever seen,” he said.
Gerber added that Musk’s motivation for diverting the chips is to focus on robotics and “robotaxi idea” at xAI over autonomous self-driving.
“Full self-driving is one solution of AI. So, by using xAI, he controls the brains that would control everything else and ...