Musk's "innovation engine"
Wake Up To Money
BBC
4.1 • 775 Ratings
🗓️ 3 February 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Sean Farrington reacts to Elon Musk's merger of Space-X and xAI - making it the most valuable private company ever.
And, as the government tackles forever chemicals linked to harm to the environment and human health - Sean Farrington speaks to an outdoor clothing brand that's already developing alternatives.
And we discuss the future of Disney as its veteran CEO prepares to leave the entertainment giant.
Three coins in the fountain? Why you may need four or five coins in your pocket the next time you visit Rome's world-famous landmark.
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| 0:41.7 | Hello, welcome to Wake Up to Money. |
| 0:44.6 | Blimey today, we have got the biggest merger between two companies on record. |
| 0:50.6 | That's what's being reported as SpaceX, one of Elon Musk's businesses, takes over |
| 0:55.5 | another one of his businesses, XAI, merging the rockets, the space internet, the social media |
| 1:02.2 | platforms and the chatbots like Grok as well. We'll talk about what his plan is for this |
| 1:08.3 | trillion dollar and more company. |
| 1:11.1 | We're going to talk about the government unveiling its first ever plan to tackle PFA, |
| 1:15.7 | so-called Forever Chemicals. |
| 1:17.5 | We'll look at outdoor ware businesses that are phasing them out. |
| 1:20.7 | We'll hear who will become perhaps the new Disney chief executive this week. |
| 1:25.6 | We're waiting for that. |
| 1:26.4 | We'll discuss where the company might be heading there. |
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