Faiz Siddiqui

Washington, D.C.

San Francisco-based technology reporter covering Twitter, Tesla and Uber

Education: University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Faiz Siddiqui is a technology reporter with The Washington Post's Business Desk covering companies such as Tesla and Twitter. His area of coverage has also included ride-hailing and the race to build autonomous cars. Since joining the tech team, he has focused on Tesla’s rollout of driver-assistance technology, labor and workplace issues inside the company and the decisions of its chief executive, Elon Musk. Prior to joining the tech team, he covered the D.C. Metro and local transportation scene, including, the system’s chronic safety and reliability issues. He has previously written stories f
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Musk’s Twitter investors have lost billions in value

Musk bought X with a combination of his own money, bank loans and capital raised from friends and associates. Here’s how far underwater his investors are today.

September 1, 2024
Elon Musk in Wilmington, Del., in July 2021. His takeover of Twitter, now called X, has plunged the company into turmoil.

Trump returns to X with technical glitches, softball questions from Musk

The revival of Trump’s account on X offers him a bigger audience and also provides a boost for Elon Musk’s platform.

August 12, 2024

Elon Musk interviews Trump live on X after delay

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August 12, 2024

Elon Musk’s X feed becomes megaphone for his far-right politics

Political tweets made up 17 percent of his feed this year — up from 2 percent in 2021.

August 12, 2024
Elon Musk arrives at the Capitol ahead of a joint meeting of Congress on July 24. Since buying the platform now known as X, Musk’s public persona has shifted from business-minded tech prodigy to right-wing firebrand.

How Elon Musk came to endorse Donald Trump

The world’s richest man favored Biden in 2020, but has since become a vocal Trump supporter.

July 29, 2024
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk talks with President Donald Trump on May 30, 2020, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., after viewing the SpaceX flight to the International Space Station.

Elon Musk said his trans child was ‘dead.’ She’s calling him out.

Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk’s estranged daughter, disputes his characterization of her childhood.

July 26, 2024
Elon Musk, center, on Wednesday in Washington.

Elon Musk allies poured millions into pro-Trump super PAC

A new Austin-based Super Pac said to be raising money for Trump reported raising $8.5 million, much of it from tech titans. A source says Musk will also donate.

July 15, 2024

Musk, other pro-Trump billionaires have helped shape shooting narrative

The right-leaning business community on Twitter, including Elon Musk and hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman, used their megaphones to endorse Trump and fuel storylines about Saturday’s attack.

July 14, 2024
Tesla CEO Elon Musk leaves the Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum on Capitol Hill in September.

Tesla sells ‘Self-Driving’ cars. Is it fraud?

A series of investigations focuses on whether Tesla committed fraud in its marketing of Autopilot and Full Self-Driving.

July 11, 2024
Tesla is being investigated at various levels over claims that its vehicles are “self-driving.” In this photo from December 2021, a new Tesla owner demonstrates on a closed course in Portland, Ore., how he can play video games on the vehicle's console while driving.

Elon Musk is unfathomably rich. Here’s where his money is stashed.

Musk lacks significant tranches of cash; his money is largely tied up in ownership stakes of his companies.

June 15, 2024