SpaceX (SPCX) secured a $50 million agreement with Japanese lunar exploration firm ispace. The contract covers the transport of 500 kilograms of payload to the Moon using the Starship launch system. Targeted for 2030, the mission establishes ispace as a lunar access integrator for smaller commercial rideshare payloads.
SpaceXAI launched its new Grok 4.5 model on July 8. The division developed the model with Cursor, an AI coding startup that SpaceXAI is acquiring. Grok 4.5 competes with OpenAI and Anthropic by focusing on coding performance, processing speed, and cost-efficiency.