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# Elon Musk replies 'Yikes' to Chamath Palihapitiya's AI private-credit post

Elon Musk (@elonmusk), X, 2026-10-13.
Source: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2110154589278503175

## Why it matters

One-word reply (~406k views) cited by Bloomberg and Yahoo Finance in coverage of CoreWeave's bond and stock fall on Oct 14.

## Summary

Posted Oct 13 (23:43 UTC) in reply to Palihapitiya's '👀' quote of his X Article on AI private credit: "@chamath Yikes".

_Metrics on 2026-10-15 via api.fxtwitter.com: 406,135 views, 1,551 likes, 111 reposts._

## Archived text

> @chamath Yikes

Archived 2026-10-15 via fxtwitter (unofficial).
Counts: 408,951 views, 1,554 likes, 112 reposts, 153 replies (at fetch time)

## Cited in

- 2026-10-14: [CoreWeave shares fall about 15% as its bond yields near 15%, reviving fears about AI build-out debt](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-14-coreweave-shares-fall-bond-yields-15-percent/)

## People in this post

- [Chamath Palihapitiya](https://postcutoff.com/person/chamath-palihapitiya/), Founder and CEO, Social Capital; co-host of the All-In podcast