President Donald Trump praised Elon Musk in a farewell press conference to the tech billionaire.

Elon Musk confirmed he is releasing his long-awaited Mars 2026 presentation.

Elon Musk confirmed he is releasing his long-awaited Mars 2026 presentation.

One day you are shaking hands on a £223 million AI partnership – but the next, you are being left on read by Elon Musk.

This is the betrayal that Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, is waking up to after a major deal was publicly disowned by the US billionaire.

The Russian tech entrepreneur announced on X: ‘This summer, Telegram users will gain access to the best AI technology on the market.

‘Elon Musk and I have agreed to a one-year partnership to bring xAI’s Grok to our billion+ users and integrate it across all Telegram apps.’

But Musk replied, ‘No deal has been signed’ – publicly, for their combined total of 221 million followers to read.

The conversation between the two billionaires did not stop there as Durov attempted to smooth things out, replying: ‘True. Agreed in principle, but formalities are pending.’

Under a one-year agreement, the Tesla owner would bring his AI chatbot, Grok, to Telegram.

In return, Durov would get £223 million in hard cash and stock, and revenue from subscriptions.

Announcing the partnership, Durov stressed that it ‘strengthens’ Telegram’s financial position:.

He added: ‘We will receive $300 million in cash and equity from xAI, plus 50% of the revenue from xAI subscriptions sold via Telegram.’

The terms may appear unbalanced, but it would allow xAI, which in March acquired Musk’s X, to have access to Telegram’s customers, which Durov estimated has more than one billion users.

Generative AI businesses have been aiming to grow their user base in order to recover revenues after huge investments in the state-of-the-art technology.

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‘I am so so sorry and regretful.’

The move is the latest reflecting an increasingly cashless world.

DownDetector has seen over 10,000 of X, formerly known as Twitter, going down.

Downdetector confirmed the outage began at approximately 6.54pm

Elon Musk’s X has crashed in what appears to be a global outage – more than two years after he spent $44 billion on the social network.

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President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman posed as the ‘Y.M.C.A.’ song played in the background.

A power play? A bromance moment between two billionaires?

There are only so many ways to interpret the handshake between Donald Trump and Elon Musk in Saudi Arabia today, none of them good, and all of them ending in a grimace.

One thing is for certain, it is an uncomfortable watch.

Never one for subtlety, the US president is famous for his iron-clad, push-and-pull handshakes.

It is less a greeting and more a small act of warfare, and has been used in the past against other world leaders to exert dominance.

The question is, why has he unleashed this signature move against Musk, one of his biggest allies in his presidency?

Footage shows the pair arriving in Riyadh, site of a Saudi-US Investment Forum, and being greeted by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud.

With a big grin on his face, Trump is seen latching onto the Tesla founder’s hand and pulling him.

Musk seems to lose his balance for a brief moment and stumbling forward before attempting to mask the awkward interaction with a laughter.

The three then chat briefly at a palace reception to welcome the president.

Musk flew to Saudi Arabia independently of Air Force One, which carried Trump.

The Republican hopes to secure trillions of dollars of investments from the Gulf oil producers.

Saudi Arabia had pledged $600 billion but he has said he wants $1 trillion from the kingdom, one of Washington’s most important strategic partners.

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‘Mars is life insurance for life collectively.’

‘Is Buddha needed for Buddhism? Was it not stronger after he passed away?’

She sold her Tesla a few months ago.

A Glastonbury headliner has hit out at Elon Musk and Tesla (Picture: Chesnot/Getty Images)

Neil Young has reportedly taken a swipe at Elon Musk and his company Tesla in a new, yet-to-be-released song.

The Glastonbury headliner has never b…

Elon Musk bid farewell to President Donald Trump and his Cabinet as he steps back as Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief.

Musk has been a dominant voice and face in the DOGE department.

President Donald Trump’s first 100 days of his second term have been fast-paced and at times chaotic.

The satellite was launched shortly before Russia invaded Ukraine.

‘It was two billionaire, middle-aged men thinking it was WWE in the hall of the West Wing.’

Musk said he’ll dedicate more time to Tesla beginning in May.

Trump called a potential missile attack ‘the most catastrophic threat facing the United States’.

‘What the f**k is Elon doing there? Make sure he doesn’t go.’

Musk had begun live-streaming himself playing the video game Path of Exile 2 on his private jet when the taunting began.

SpaceX, Tesla, X, OpenAI, Grok, and others could be at risk.