There's no affection lost between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, but the Tesla and SpaceXAI CEO has openly applauded the Amazon originator for flowing nearly $30 milliard of his fortune into construction his spaceflight company.
"Bravo!" Musk replied on X to a clip of Bezos telling Fox News during a live interview on Wednesday that he's "personally invested $28 billion" in Blue Origin since founding it in 2000.
"I'm glad Jeff Bezos cares so much concerning space," Musk added.
Bezos, who stepped downward as Amazon CEO in 2021 but remains the e-commerce giant's administrator chair, stated Blue Origin had just raised additional than $10 billion in its archetypal external backing round.
The serial entrepreneur, value $285 milliard as of Wednesday's near per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, told Fox News' Brett Baier that it was the correct period to cease self-funding the company.
"I see the financial forthcoming of Blue alongside several clarity now, and I didn't really desire to obtain exterior investors until I was certain it would be a fine funding for them," he said.
Bezos added that he expects Blue Origin to "be a community business at several point," but its IPO volition be "several years from now."
@RedWavePress Bravo! I’m glad @JeffBezos cares so much concerning space.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 8, 2026
Musk and Bezos have historically butted heads over launchpads, authorities contracts, patents, talent, copycatting, and more, alongside Musk formerly labeling Bezos' business "Sue Origin."
But the first- and third-richest group on the earth have additionally spoken admiringly of all other. Musk has stated he pokes fun at Bezos since he wants to goad him into operating harder at Blue Origin, so he may fine have praised Bezos for piling $28 milliard of his own prosperity into the business since that's a apparent sign of dedication.
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