From The Verge · Terrence O'Brien · · 1m 10s
SpaceXAI funds Omarchy Linux with $1.5 million in compute
Elon Musk's AI company backs a Linux distro created by a controversial entrepreneur known for racist posts about immigration.
In brief
Elon Musk's AI company backs a Linux distro created by a controversial entrepreneur known for racist posts about immigration. SpaceXAI is donating one point five million dollars worth of Grok tokens to Omarchy, a Linux distro created by David Heinemeier Hansson, who has promoted anti-immigration policies through…
SpaceXAI backs Omarchy with Grok tokens
SpaceXAI announced it is joining the Omacom Foundation as a Founding Corporate Patron and donating one point five million dollars worth of Grok tokens to Omarchy, a Linux distro created by David Heinemeier Hansson.
Hansson has promoted racist anti-immigration views
Hansson, a Danish entrepreneur who created Ruby on Rails and co-founded Basecamp, is known for promoting anti-immigration policies through racist blog posts. In July he compared immigrants to wolves, saying when they get out of control you shoot them.
“When wolves get out of control, you shoot them.”
Other companies face backlash for supporting Omarchy
One Password and Cloudflare have faced criticism for contributing to Omarchy. When asked about it, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince said he did not think it was his job to police different people's political beliefs.
The takeaway
SpaceXAI is donating one point five million dollars worth of Grok tokens to Omarchy, a Linux distro created by David Heinemeier Hansson, who has promoted anti-immigration policies through racist blog posts.
