Read previewElon Musk says he plans to move SpaceX to Texas, and some of the company's competitors are trying to capitalize by poaching his employees.
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Stanislas Maximin, the CEO of rocket startup and SpaceX rival Latitude, responded to Musk's post announcing SpaceX's move to Texas with an appeal for disaffected SpaceX employees to move to France, where the company is based.
Related storiesAsteroid mining startup AstroForge, which used a SpaceX rocket to launch its first mission in 2023, also responded to Musk's post with an appeal to SpaceX employees.
SpaceX, Latitude, and AstroForge did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider, sent outside normal working hours.
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—, Elon Musk, Musk, Stanislas Maximin, Maximin, AstroForge
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