Elon Musk said in an interview that his White House role has been "disadvantageous" for his companies, pointing to recent attacks against Tesla.

The all-stock deal values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion, according to Musk’s post. The billionaire has increasingly linked the two companies, wielding user data from X to train its AI models.

Elon Musk has sold social media site X to his own xAI artificial intelligence company in a $33 billion all-stock deal, the billionaire announced on Friday

U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang ruled in favor of a group of more than two dozen unnamed former and current USAID employees and contractors.

The SpaceX founder and Republican megadonor-turned-Trump-White-House adviser made the outrageous claim during an interview with Fox News anchor Bret Baier alongside members of his DOGE team on Thursday. He talked to Baier from inside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building that’s part of the White House compound.

Elon Musk may be getting out of DOGE. On Thursday, Musk said he plans to step down from his role in Donald Trump’s administration this spring. The head of Tesla and X owner said he plans on stepping down in May during a Fox News interview with six members of his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team.