What Companies would Elon Musk invest in? - Interview

When asked about one company outside any of his own, that he would own stocks of “to meet a capitalistic end and not an altruistic one”, Elon Musk sought to distance himself from investing.

“I don't really buy stocks. I'm not like an investor, I don't look for things to invest in. I just try to build things. And then there happens to be stock of the company that I built. But I don't think about, “Should I invest in this company?” I don't have a portfolio or anything,” he said.

However, on the broader industry, he bet on artificial intelligence and robotics, and particularly singled out Google and Nvidia. “AI and robotics are gonna be very important. Google is gonna be pretty valuable in the future — they've laid the groundwork for an immense amount of value creation from an AI standpoint. (And) Nvidia is obvious at this point,” he said.

Why these sectors? Elon Musk believes that companies involved in AI, robotics, and maybe space flight are “overwhelmingly all the value”, adding, “Just the output of goods and services from AI and robotics is so high that it will dwarf everything else”