Lora Kolodny

Tech Reporter at CNBC digital

san francisco, california, united states

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Specialties: Research, reporting, writing, editing, social media, digital video, public speaking, and coaching reporters.I most often cover: Elon Musk-led companies, Tesla, SpaceX, xAI, electric and self-driving vehicles, agtech and other climate tech startups, environmental crises, climate-related innovation, investing and policy, and all the ways people are mitigating, adapting to, coping with or preventing further climate change and pollution.

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Grok app should be suspended from Apple, Google: Democratic senators

Three Democratic senators are calling on Apple and Google to suspend the X and Grok apps from their stores, at least until owner Elon Musk disallows them from letting users create and share nonconsensual, explicit images and depictions of child sexual abu... See more

cnbc.com•Lora Kolodny•Jan 9, 2026

NASA to bring ISS Crew-11 astronauts back to Earth Saturday

NASA will bring Crew-11 astronauts back to Earth from the International Space Station on Saturday, weeks earlier than planned, due to a medical situation with an un-named crew member, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced Thursday afternoon. The age... See more

cnbc.com•Lora Kolodny•Jan 8, 2026

Elon Musk xAI raises $20 billion from Nvidia, Cisco, investors

Elon Musk's xAI said it raised $20 billion in a funding round, exceeding its prior target of $15 billion. CNBC reported in November that a financing would value the artificial intelligence startup at about $230 billion. After an initial report that xAI wa... See more

cnbc.com•Lora Kolodny•Jan 6, 2026

India, EU investigate Musk's X after Grok created deepfake child porn

Elon Musk 's X is being investigated by authorities in Europe, India and Malaysia after its Grok chatbot let users create and share AI-generated sexualized images of children and women. British media watchdog Ofcom also said it's requested information fro... See more

cnbc.com•Lora Kolodny•Jan 6, 2026

Tesla (TSLA) Q4 2025 vehicle deliveries report

Tesla posted its fourth-quarter 2025 vehicle production and deliveries report on Friday, marking a second annual decline for Elon Musk's automaker. Here are the key numbers: Wall Street expected 426,000 deliveries for the quarter, according to estimates c... See more

cnbc.com•Lora Kolodny•Jan 2, 2026

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Bachelor Of Arts, American Studies, English at Williams CollegeGraduated: 1996

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Grok app should be suspended from Apple, Google: Democratic senators

NASA to bring ISS Crew-11 astronauts back to Earth Saturday

Elon Musk xAI raises $20 billion from Nvidia, Cisco, investors

India, EU investigate Musk's X after Grok created deepfake child porn

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