Twitter “no longer exists” and has merged with the newly created shell firm X Corp, according to an April 4 legal document filed by Twitter in a California court. CEO Elon Musk apparently confirmed the news by tweeting an X. Although it’s unclear what X Corp might entail, there’s probably a connection with Musk’s plan to create an “everything app” called X. He envisions transforming Twitter from a social media platform into an app for everything from booking tickets to sending messages to making mobile payments. Musk called his purchase of Twitter, and thus its user base, an “accelerant” for the creation of X. He also owns the X.com domain and has set up several Delaware-based companies with variations on the name X Holding. Musk likes the letter X. It figures in the name of his company SpaceX, and X.com was the online bank he co-founded in 1999, later rebranded as PayPal. Via Diego Lasarte for Quartz #twitter #elonmusk #superapps
Timmy Corini
1y
I can't wait for Twitter + Neuralink. Neuralink Ads anyone?
who cares
Craig B.
1y
X Corp was the evil empire in the show, Mr Robot, right? hehe
Don't forget about the great X Æ A-12
X
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1yThis ‘accelerant’ will be cutting ties with Twitter once I see it behave like Facebook (Meta).