FTC gives Musk the OK to acquire SpaceX alumni startup Mesh
In Brief
5:38 PM PDT · June 26, 2026
Elon Musk is eyeing an acquisition of Mesh Optical Technologies, a startup founded by three former SpaceX engineers last year developing hardware for fast data center communications.
The potential acquisition, which was revealed in a Federal Trade Commission filing and first reported by Bloomberg, confirmed the agency expedited its antitrust review.
Mesh Optical came out of stealth in February when it announced that it raised a $50 million Series A led by Thrive Capital.
Before founding Mesh Optical, the startup’s co-founders, Travis Brashears, Cameron Ramos, and Serena Grown-Haeberli, developed the optical communication links that keep thousands of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites interconnected.
The Mesh co-founders saw an opportunity to develop optical transceivers for terrestrial data centers, as light-based hardware is faster and more energy-efficient than traditional electrical-based systems.
SpaceX has recently entered into agreements with Anthropic, Google, and the open-source AI...
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