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22%
4 of 18 hedged
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Musk says he will gift SpaceX shares to ‘every kid in America’
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he → say → America
Elon Musk pledged to distribute a share of SpaceX to each American child, posting the move just hours after artificial intelligence competitor Anthropic said it would set aside a portion of its shares for the public benefit.
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it → pledge → benefit
“Next year (2027), I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America,” the company’s chief executive officer wrote on X, the social media platform he owns.
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he → give → X
It is not clear how such share contributions would work, and Musk did not elaborate on his donation plans.
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Musk → work → plans
There are about 72 million children in the US, according to estimates from the US Census Bureau, which would make the donation worth about US$10.5 billion (S$13.4 billion) at the current US$146 share price.
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donation → be → price
His post came after Anthropic disclosed plans to place 5% of its shares in a fund to make donations that address “the public good”.
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that → come → good
Regulators across the globe have increased calls for regulating artificial intelligence after insiders flagged the possibility of catastrophic scenarios.
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insiders → increase → scenarios
Anthropic, which is preparing for a blockbuster public listing, has frequently raised concerns about broad societal risks and dangers of AI.
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which → prepare → AI
The Claude developer said some of its new fund would go to addressing the “labour market impacts” of the technology.
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some → say → technology
After Anthropic’s announcement on Oct 18, Musk replied to the company’s X account to say he recommends giving shares “directly to the public”.
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he → reply → public
Musk’s comments come after US President Donald Trump’s administration set up the Trump Accounts initiative, which provides US$1,000 to American children born between 2025 and 2028.
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which → come → 2025
SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell said earlier in 2026 that she and her husband had gifted SpaceX stock to a Trump Account for more than 2 million children in the US.
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she → say → US
Musk is by far the world’s richest person with a net worth of more than US$900 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
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Musk → accord → Index
His SpaceX shares account for the vast majority of that wealth, at about US$700 billion, with the rest coming from Tesla, Boring and Neuralink.
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rest → account → Tesla
The billionaire has a history of floating ideas that do not materialise or suggesting plans he later explains away as jokes.
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he → have → jokes
Musk pinned his latest post about SpaceX shares to the top of his X page.
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Musk → pin → page
Anthropic made its public benefit announcement as it heads toward a highly anticipated initial public offering that could value the AI pioneer at US$1.5 trillion to US$2 trillion.
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that → make → trillion
The company said it could add an additional 2% to the fund at the board’s discretion for every 50% increase in the company’s value above a set baseline.
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it → say → baseline
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