Magdalena Petrova

Ever since American astronauts landed on the Moon, there’s been an appetite to visit Mars. But a number of daunting challenges stand in the way.

Amazon, IBM, Google, Intel and Microsoft are all working on quantum technology. Governments around the world have also invested over $55 billion in the tech.

As cars are becoming more connected, automakers see access to space as an important investment.

In early December, China launched its third batch of low Earth orbit, or LEO, internet satellites for a constellation called Qianfan or "Thousand Sails" as it's also known. The project aims to rival SpaceX's Starlink and will be made up of 15,000 satellites. Another project, Guo Wang, has plans to deploy 13,000 satellites and a third Chinese project aimed at providing global satellite internet from space is Honghu-3, which would include 10,000 satellites.

China's Qianfan, Guo Wang and Honghu-3 projects have plans to put 38,000 low earth orbit satellites into space.

Donald Trump has said the Department of Government Efficiency would end government “bureaucracy,” relax “excess” regulations and cut “wasteful” expenditures.

Chinese autonomous vehicle companies have had a presence in the U.S. for nearly a decade, taking advantage of local talent and a more advanced regulatory framework around the testing of AVs. Between 2017 and 2023, Baidu, Didi, WeRide, Pony.ai and AutoX collectively logged over 1.6 million test miles on California's roads. But amid increasing tension between the U.S. and China, many of these startups are pulling back from the U.S. and instead using what they learned to serve their home market.

Didi, WeRise, Pony.ai, Baidu and AutoX drove over 1.6 million test miles on California’s roads between 2017 and 2023.

Musk wants to use this supercomputing power to improve Teslas’ autonomous driving capabilities and train xAI’s chatbot Grok.

Since its was founded in 2015, OpenAI has emerged as one of the most influential AI companies, with major enterprise customers and billions in revenue.