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The Journal.

Elon Musk Wants to Build an Everything App

The Journal.

The Wall Street Journal

Business News, Daily News, News

4.25.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Elon Musk says he’s turning X, the social-media platform formerly known as Twitter, into an “everything app,” an all in one place for messaging, entertainment and banking. WSJ’s Tim Higgins unpacks the vision and the hurdles ahead for Musk and his company. Further Reading: - Why Elon Musk’s Plan for a Super App Won’t Be Easy in America - Elon Musk’s X Rebrand Cues Complications—and Porn Jokes Further Listening: - Elon Musk is Actually Buying Twitter - Why Elon Musk’s Twitter Is Losing Advertisers - Twitter’s New CEO: The Velvet Hammer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

If somebody in San Francisco were walking by Twitter headquarters on Sunday night, what

0:12.2

would they have seen?

0:13.2

They would have seen a giant X being projected onto the side of the building.

0:19.8

That giant X signaled a big change for Twitter.

0:24.0

On Monday, our colleague Tim Higgins woke up with the rest of the world to a new logo on

0:29.2

Twitter.com.

0:30.8

In place of that familiar little blue bird, was a sleek letter X.

0:35.5

I think it's safe to say that a lot of people don't have a favorite letter, but is clear

0:41.1

that Elon Musk has a huge infatuation with the letter X, and it goes back for many, many

0:48.2

years.

0:50.6

The Model X, which was his first sport utility vehicle for Tesla, even one of his children,

0:58.4

he calls X.

0:59.4

SpaceX too, right?

1:00.4

No, SpaceX is a good example, right?

1:03.7

So are we supposed to call Twitter X now?

1:09.3

That's the name.

1:10.8

The question is, will users refer to it as X or will they refer to it as the thing that

1:17.1

used to be known as Twitter?

1:18.3

Will it be like a prince?

1:20.6

Yeah, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

1:27.0

Musk has a lot of ambitions.

1:29.0

He wants the whole world to be driving electric vehicles.

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