Elon Musk vows Bill Gates will be ‘obliterated’ if he doesn’t stop shorting Tesla

Musk (pic) and Gates’s rivalry became public after an exchange leaked in 2022 showing the world’s wealthiest entrepreneur had refused to support Gates’ charitable work upon learning the latter still had a half billion dollars riding on a wager the Tesla stock price would fall. — Getty Images/The New York Times

Elon Musk gave Bill Gates advance warning on Tuesday not to trifle with him again: The Microsoft cofounder faces annihilation if he makes any further attempt to bet against Tesla.

That’s because Musk believes he will have transformed the carmaker into an AI colossus worth a staggering US$30 trillion (RM141.34 trillion) as soon as Tesla completes its pivot from selling EVs first and foremost to operating a lucrative fleet of robo-taxis and humanoid robots.