@hyperbolic.ai: This is from Revenge of the Electric Car, filmed while Tesla was running out of money. Musk had burned through most of his PayPal fortune across SpaceX and Tesla and was down to his last few million. He wired $3 million of his own money so the company could make payroll. The numbers are brutal. Over $100 million spent in two years and just over 100 cars built. Someone else on the team says it plainer: word came down that if the Roadster can't sustain the company by March, that's it. Here's how close it got. Musk had already cut 25% of staff that October. Tesla survived on a $40 million debt round that closed in December 2008, and by that January he had put $70 million of his own money into it. The company went public 18 months later at $17 a share. Last year Tesla delivered 1.64 million vehicles. Also last year, that was a decline. The second in a row, down 8.6%, with BYD now outselling them on EVs. He kept the company alive. Keeping it ahead is a different problem. 🔎 We fact-checked 10 expert AI predictions so you know whose calls are worth listening to. It's free in bio. Follow @hyperbolic.ai for more content on AI and technology. Media: Revenge of the Electric Car #elonmusk #tesla #startup #business #technology

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