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It was called here on Hacker News by SilverElfin back in early February (4 months back), and I remember because I agreed:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46863028

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It's been discussed for at least a decade. A Wall St analyst even wrote a note suggesting it back in 2017 that was widely covered in the media. Most people think is very likely to happen eventually.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/05/the-case-for-elon-musk-to-co...

People have been talking about this for much longer than four months.

yup, and elon hinted at it in podcast interviews during the past year as well

people, please, can we find out who said it first

This guy joked about it in 2013:

https://x.com/Loh/status/362036803517169664

A Wall St analyst was asking questions about it on Tesla earnings calls in 2016 and later wrote a research note about the idea. Been widely discussed since.

https://www.roic.ai/quote/TSLA/transcripts/2016-year/2-quart...

That the earliest mentions I could quickly find.

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