In the latest example of Elon Musk betting his business empire’s future on the AI race, Tesla has quietly struck a deal to acquire a mystery AI hardware company for up to $2 billion. Electrek first reported that Tesla disclosed the deal in a single sentence buried deep in a recent securities filing. “In April 2026, the Company entered into an agreement to acquire an AI hardware company for up to $2.00 billion in Tesla common stock and equity awards, of which approximately $1.8 billion is subject to certain service conditions and/or performance milestones dependent on the successful deployment of the company’s technology,” Tesla disclosed in a 10-Q filing for the first quarter of 2026. The filing doesn’t name the company or describe what it actually does. But the structure of the deal provides some clues. Electrek notes that the heavy emphasis on performance milestones suggests the target may have promising but still unproven tech.…