Last updated Nov 29, 2025
Prediction
Chamath
marketstech
The Elon Musk–Twitter acquisition will close at or near the agreed terms within a few weeks of early October 2022.
I think this deal is going to close. It's probably going to close in the next few weeks.View on YouTube
Explanation

Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter closed on October 27, 2022, when he completed the $44 billion deal and took the company private. (techcrunch.com)

The original merger agreement from April 25, 2022 set the purchase price at $54.20 per share in cash, valuing Twitter at about $44 billion. The deal ultimately closed on these same financial terms, without a renegotiated lower price. (cnbc.com)

The podcast was released on October 7, 2022, and the closing on October 27, 2022 is 20 days later—well within a reasonable interpretation of “the next few weeks.” Since the acquisition did close within a few weeks of early October and on essentially the originally agreed terms, Chamath’s prediction was accurate.