据知情人士透露，埃隆·马斯克已向天空之舞投资约10亿美元，为这家正寻求削减成本、提振股价的公司提供了急需的资金注入。
Elon Musk has invested roughly $1 billion in Skydance, according to people familiar with the matter, providing a much needed financial injection as the company looks to cut costs and bolster its stock price.
知情人士称，这笔交易与天空之舞其他投资者的股权投资大致在同一时间达成，其中包括董事会成员劳伦·鲍威尔·乔布斯。《Semafor》曾于9月报道，派拉蒙正考虑寻求马斯克的股权注资。
The deal came together at roughly the same time as equity investments from Skydance’s other investors, including board member Laurene Powell Jobs, the people said. Semafor reported in September that Paramount was considering seeking an equity injection from Musk.
马斯克曾公开赞扬埃利森家族和天空之舞，引发外界对其低地轨道卫星网络“星链”与天空之舞建立更广泛合作伙伴关系的猜测。
Musk has publicly praised the Ellisons and Skydance, prompting speculation of a more expansive partnership between Musk’s lower-earth-orbit satellite network, Starlink, and Skydance.
亿万有线电视高管约翰·马龙周二表示：“他将不得不对所有那些频道进行重新设计，并想办法让它们自身转型为流媒体，而不仅仅是传统的线性电视。”“我认为那里会有一笔交易达成，”马龙在其帕利中心的公开露面中也说道。
“He’s gonna have to re-engineer all of those channels, and figure out how they morph into streams themselves rather than just traditional linear,” billionaire cable executive John Malone said Tuesday. “I think there’s a deal coming there,” Malone also said at his Paley Center appearance.
“当他收购推特时，是谁帮埃隆融资？拉里·埃利森，”马龙说。“拉里·埃利森投入创建天空之舞的部分资金是从哪来的？特斯拉股票。我绝不怀疑，不久之后你们就会看到一份公告。”事实上，交易已经达成。埃利森此前挖角美泰的伊农·克雷兹担任联席首席执行官，如今可以利用马斯克的资本来强化公司的降本和技术建设。
“Who helped Elon finance Twitter when he bought it? Larry Ellison,” Malone said. “How did Larry Ellison come up with some of the money to put into the creation of Skydance? Tesla stock. And I would not doubt for a minute that before very long you’re going to see an announcement.”A deal, in fact, had already come. Ellison, who poached Mattel’s Ynon Kreiz to serve as co-CEO, could use Musk’s capital to bolster the company’s cost-cutting and technological efforts.
“我们正在打造一支真正的产品和技术团队，”埃利森本月早些时候在接受CNBC采访时表示。“我们坚信人工智能是艺术家的工具，而不是反过来。”马斯克和派拉蒙暂未回应置评请求。
“We are building a true product and tech team,” Ellison said in a CNBC interview earlier this month. “We are a big believer that artificial intelligence is a tool for artists, not the other way around.”Musk and Paramount did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
了解更多 马斯克是派拉蒙首席执行官大卫·埃利森考虑合作投资的多位富豪之一。
Know More Musk was among a number of wealthy individuals that Paramount CEO David Ellison was considering working with for an investment.
马斯克与戴维·埃里森的父亲、甲骨文创始人拉里·埃里森关系长期密切，正是这位老埃里森的资金——和人脉——使得派拉蒙收购华纳兄弟成为可能。拉里·埃里森已为派拉蒙收购华纳兄弟的股权融资个人担保了超过400亿美元。
Musk and David Ellison’s father, Oracle founder Larry Ellison, have long been close, and it is in part the elder Ellison’s money — and connections — that made Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. possible. Larry Ellison has personally guaranteed more than $40 billion of the equity financing for Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros.
拉里·埃里森在马斯克2022年将X（前身为Twitter）私有化的交易中投资了10亿美元。他还于2018年投资了特斯拉，并在该公司董事会任职多年。
Larry Ellison invested $1 billion in Musk’s 2022 deal to take X, formerly Twitter, private. He also invested in Tesla in 2018, and served on the company’s board of directors for years.