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The Elon-Vivek Sweepstakes & More Ellisonology

New dish on Musk’s budding presidential bromance, how Larry Ellison ghosted Tim Scott, and a new S.B.F. dark-money casualty.

Elon has developed a reputation among Republican fundraisers during his redpilled era as a political flirt.
Elon has developed a reputation among Republican fundraisers during his redpilled era as a political flirt. Photo: Theo Wargo/WireImage
Theodore Schleifer
October 24, 2023

Three weeks ago, the SPAC artist-cum-podcast impresario Chamath Palihapitiya opened his home in Silicon Valley to a select group of center-right technorati that wanted to get to know Vivek Ramaswamy. The fundraiser’s invitation featured in bold font the event’s glamorous co-hosts—Chamath’s bestie David Sacks, crypto investor Matt Huang, and Altimeter Capital’s Brad Gerstner—and the price tag for the meet-and-greet: $50,000 for an “intimate dinner and discussion with special guest” Vivek. But the most interesting person in attendance wasn’t mentioned on the invitation at all: Elon Musk.