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5 Feb 2026 Dwarkesh Podcast Elon Musk — "In 36 months, the cheapest place to put AI will be space”
“Based on your statements about Tesla and being public, I wouldn’t have guessed that you thought the way to move fast is to be public.”
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- Dwarkesh Patel
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- observation
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- 5 Feb 2026
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- Dwarkesh Podcast
Transcript context
…Speed is important. I’m generally going to do the thing that... I just repeatedly tackle the limiting factor. Whatever the limiting factor is on speed, I’m going to tackle that. If capital is the limiting factor, then I’ll solve for capital. If it’s not the limiting factor, I’ll solve for something else. Based on your statements about Tesla and being public, I wouldn’t have guessed that you thought the way to move fast is to be public. Normally, I would say that’s true. Like I said, I’d like to talk about it in some more detail, but the problem is if you talk about public companies before they become public, you get into trouble, and then you have to delay your offering.…
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