"In this race to disrupt the world with both electric cars and autonomy as well as space, you don't really work for Tesla or SpaceX . You just work for Elon Musk," technology analyst Gene Munster of Loup Ventures said. But the aluminum casting fix, first disclosed on last month's earnings call, is one example of how the companies share brain power. Those missions attract the best and brightest, but with talent at a premium, the two companies share. Tesla has more than 33,000 employees and SpaceX has roughly 6,000 -- giving Musk a vast talent pool to draw from.

Source: Economic Times September 08, 2017 04:18 UTC