Tesla cofounder JB Straubel’s first pitch to Elon Musk failed. Then he turned his ‘hobby’ into a $1.3 trillion success
- Posted on June 24, 2026
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Tesla cofounder JB Straubel’s first pitch to Elon Musk failed. Then he turned his ‘hobby’ into a $1.3 trillion success
JB Straubel was the architect of Tesla’s core tech, but his first pitch to Elon Musk fell flat.