Why Tesla Shareholders Approved Musk's Pay Package

Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management CEO Ross Gerber talks with TITV Host Akash Pasricha about Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay package and the "Elon hope" factor in Tesla's stock price. We also talk with Affirm CFO Rob O'Hare about Affirm's surge in Gross Merchandise Volume and its focus on direct-to-consumer products, and Terra AI’s John Mern and Anthony Corso about Terra AI's mission to use AI to solve metal and mineral shortages for the tech industry. Lastly, we get into the heightened competition for Series A funding and the trend of VC partners leaving to start their own funds with The Information’s Natasha Mascarenhas.

Articles discussed on this episode:

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/introducing-informations-50-promising-startups-2025

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/elon-musks-victory

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ai-stokes-battles-series-altimeter-raise-new-growth-fund

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