It's unclear if Elon Musk ever figured out how to wear a cowboy hat, but 2024 is the year the billionaire went all in on Texas. While Tesla laid off almost 2,700 Texas staffers in the spring as part of a global workforce shedding, the automaker still hired and expanded more in the state this year.

Elon Musk has expanded his footprint in Texas, moving his companies from California and building offices, warehouses and manufacturing plants across a growing number of Texas counties. Now Mr. Musk is trying to do something that few,

This is not even Musk’s first foray into company towns—a model that sees its roots in anti-labor organization and corporatist fascism. Farther north in Texas, near the outskirts of Austin, SpaceX operates Snailbrook, a city incorporated in 2021 and pitched as a sort of utopia for SpaceX and Boring Company employees.

SpaceX is launching a new mission: making its Starbasesite a new Texas city. Billionaire Elon Musk’s company on Thursday has sent a letter to local officials requesting an election to turn what it calls Starbase into an incorporated city.

Elon Musk said on social media platform X on Thursday that the SpaceX headquarters will now officially be in the city of Starbase, Texas.

SpaceX launched more than 130 missions this year and made significant progress with its new Starship vehicle, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built.

Elon Musk risked his entire fortune to pursue his dream of making humanity multi-planetary through SpaceX. Justine Musk, his ex-wife, revealed that he was so dedicated to his vision that he was willing to move in with her parents if his endeavor failed.

Employees of Elon Musk's company SpaceX recently filed a petition to turn a small community the company built in Texas to become its own town.