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SpaceXAI backs Omarchy, the controversial Linux distro, with $1.5 million in compute
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SpaceXAI has joined the Omacom Foundation as a Founding Corporate Patron to support the Linux distribution Omarchy. The partnership includes a $1.5 million donation in Grok compute tokens to David Heinemeier Hansson's controversial software project.
- 01SpaceXAI commits 1.5 million dollars in Grok compute tokens to the Omarchy Linux distribution
- 02SpaceXAI joins the Omacom Foundation as a Founding Corporate Patron to oversee project development
- 03The investment supports David Heinemeier Hansson's controversial open-source operating system project
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If Elon Musk and SpaceXAI were going to back any Linux distro, it seems obvious they'd back Omarchy. Today it was announced that SpaceXAI would be joining the Omacom Foundation, which oversees Omarchy, as a Founding Corporate Patron and donating $1.5 million worth of Grok tokens to David Heinemeier Hansson's Linux project. According to Hansson's […]