Minotaur shorts Tesla, SpaceX as Hyperion bets $1b on Musk

Aug 10, 2026 | Australian Financial Review
Minotaur shorts Tesla, SpaceX as Hyperion bets $1b on Musk

As featured in the Australian Financial Review, Minotaur Capital continues to demonstrate how our global equities fund harnesses artificial intelligence to navigate the fast-moving AI trade. Our hedge fund deploys 22 AI agents, including one called Vigil, designed to ask uncomfortable questions about our portfolio before the market does. When Vigil flagged the risk of a simultaneous de-rating of the AI trade and an unwind of Korea's leverage-fuelled sharemarket, we halved our AI infrastructure exposure from roughly 31 per cent of the portfolio, cushioning our fund during July's semiconductor rout.

Our approach also included short positions against SpaceX and Tesla, two companies owned by Elon Musk. What Elon has achieved with both Tesla and SpaceX is remarkable, but we believe both stocks are too expensive here.

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