December 2, 2025 – In a recent podcast episode of “People by WTF,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk, during a conversation with Nikhil Kamath, the co – founder of Zerodha, reiterated his ambitious plan to transform the social platform X into a “WeChat++” outside of China, an all – in – one platform integrating information dissemination and financial payment functions.
Musk made it clear that his core objective is to turn X into a multi – functional “superapp.” He pointed out that Chinese users rely heavily on WeChat in their daily lives. This application seamlessly combines information exchange and money transfer. However, there is no similar product outside of China. So, he has defined the development direction of X as “WeChat++” to fill this global market gap.
“I really like the idea of a unified application, website, or platform where users can do whatever they want. You know, WeChat in China is like that,” Musk said. “You can exchange messages, post information, and transfer money on it. In China, people’s lives are almost inseparable from WeChat. It’s extremely practical, but there’s no real equivalent outside of China. So, I think the concept of X is to create an upgraded version of WeChat.”
Musk also revealed that his fondness for the symbol “X” stems from his early financial dreams. Back in the PayPal era, he had planned to build a financial trading platform using the X.com domain name. His acquisition of Twitter for $44 billion in 2022 was precisely to restart this plan.
He stated that the acquisition of Twitter was aimed at establishing an efficient “money database” and a financial transaction settlement center. As part of this layout, X reached a cooperation agreement with Visa in January this year. It plans to launch online transaction and digital wallet services later this year, and there are even rumors that it will introduce physical debit cards linked to accounts in June.
While promoting the functional transformation, Musk is also integrating his business empire at the capital level. After acquiring Twitter and renaming it X, his AI company xAI acquired X through a $33 billion all – stock deal in March 2025. This move not only strengthened his control over the platform but also paved the way for the in – depth application of AI technology in social and financial scenarios.
In addition to the application ecosystem, Musk also outlined a grand blueprint for energy and computing. He proposed that Tesla (in battery and energy management), SpaceX (in space launch), and xAI (in artificial intelligence) could work together to build “solar – powered AI satellites.” Musk believes that to obtain a “huge amount of solar energy that cannot be ignored,” computing facilities must be deployed in deep space.
