Musk Likely to Combine SpaceX and xAI, Cathie Wood Says

Watch on YouTube ↗  |  February 02, 2026 at 19:40  |  10:09  |  Bloomberg Markets
Speakers
Cathie Wood — Founder/CEO/CIO, ARK Invest

Summary

Cathie Wood, CEO of Ark Invest, discusses her venture fund's SpaceX and xAI holdings and says a combination of the two private companies is becoming more likely. She explains the interval-fund structure of ARK Venture Fund and how it can handle private-to-public transitions. Wood also argues the debasement trade is misplaced, expecting the US dollar to strengthen on deregulation, tax cuts, and capital-friendly policies. She briefly addresses succession planning at Ark Invest.

  • Cathie Wood says SpaceX and xAI are increasingly likely to combine.
  • ARK Venture Fund holds SpaceX and xAI and is structured as an interval fund with high private exposure.
  • Wood expects to bump public positions after SpaceX IPOs without forced selling.
  • Wood calls the debasement trade misplaced and favors the US dollar.
  • She cites US deregulation, corporate tax cuts, and capital-friendly policies as dollar supports.
  • She notes little gold-Bitcoin correlation but says gold led past Bitcoin cycles.
  • Wood says Ark Invest has a firm succession plan.
Ideas
Cathie Wood Founder/CEO/CIO, ARK Invest 0:46
SpaceX and xAI merger increasingly likely.
Cathie Wood is bullish on SpaceX and xAI, saying xAI will become part of the SpaceX ecosystem and a combination is becoming more likely; she highlighted SpaceX's big ideas such as orbital data centers and owns both through ARK Venture Fund.
Cathie Wood Founder/CEO/CIO, ARK Invest 0:46
SpaceX and xAI merger increasingly likely.
ARK Venture Fund's interval-fund structure lets it hold more than 15% in illiquid assets and run roughly 20% public/80% private, giving investors access to private disruptors; when holdings IPO, ARK can bump public positions without forced selling and later feed names into its ETFs.
Cathie Wood Founder/CEO/CIO, ARK Invest 7:39
Dollar strengthens as debasement trade misplaced.
Cathie Wood thinks the debasement trade is misplaced because the dollar is near the high end of its range; deregulation, corporate tax cuts, and business/capital-friendly US policies should lift US returns on invested capital relative to the rest of the world, attracting global capital, similar to the dollar's surge under Reagan.
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