Elon Musk is going founder mode on Tesla's $16.5 billion chip deal with Samsung

Two particular lines in Elon Musk's posts about Tesla's new chip deal highlight just how far his "founder mode" approach extends. In this case, right down to his stated terms of Tesla's manufacturing agreement with Samsung. In a $16.5 billion deal, Samsung will produce Tesla's new AI6 chip from the manufacturing plant it is building in Taylor, Texas, which is expected to open in 2026.Located outside of Austin, Samsung's plant is close to where Musk moved in 2020, and where his company Tesla later moved in ...