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5 Feb 2026 Dwarkesh Podcast Elon Musk — "In 36 months, the cheapest place to put AI will be space”
“Now, if it’s going to space, it costs less and it’s easier to make solar cells that go to space because they don’t need much glass.”
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- Speaker
- Elon Musk
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- prediction
- Recorded
- 5 Feb 2026
- Publisher
- Dwarkesh Podcast
Transcript context
…How low down the stack? From polysilicon up to the wafer to the final panel? I think you’ve got to do the whole thing from raw materials to finish the cell. Now, if it’s going to space, it costs less and it’s easier to make solar cells that go to space because they don’t need much glass. They don’t need heavy framing because they don’t have to survive weather events. There’s no weather in space. So it’s actually a cheaper solar cell that goes to space than the one on the ground. Is there a path to getting them as cheap as you need in the next 36 months?…
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