
Elon Musk told staff X is ‘barely breaking even’, reports say
The IndependentSign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Banks are preparing to sell off debt used to help Elon Musk purchase X as the tech tycoon tells employees the company is “barely breaking even.” According to reporting from The Wall Street Journal, bankers at Morgan Stanley are planning to offload roughly $3bn in debt during a sale next week and are already contacting investors. According to the outlet, that task hasn’t proved too difficult as some investors have reached out to banks hoping to buy the debt, believing the company could be seeing increased profits soon. “Our user growth is stagnant, revenue is unimpressive and we’re barely breaking even,” Musk told X employees. WSJ is lying.” Musk has tried several different ways to boost X’s profits, including making users pay for verification, something that had previously been given to users of notoriety and journalists.
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The Independent
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