Gabe Newell Lobbied Elon Musk To Meet With ‘Visionary’ Designer Hideo Kojima Over Their Mutual Interest In AI And Space
Valve president Gabe Newell facilitated an email introduction between Elon Musk and game designer Hideo Kojima in 2018, citing their shared interests in AI and space exploration. Musk responded positively but noncommittally, offering Kojima a tour of SpaceX. Kojima has long expressed a deep personal desire to travel to space, though it remains unfulfilled as of 2026.
- ▪Gabe Newell emailed Elon Musk in 2018 to introduce Hideo Kojima, highlighting Kojima's interest in AI and space.
- ▪Elon Musk replied that Kojima was welcome to visit the SpaceX rocket factory.
- ▪Hideo Kojima has stated that his greatest wish in life is to go to space, even at great personal cost.
- ▪The email exchange became public during the Musk v. Altman trial.
- ▪Musk also discussed confidential neuromodulation experiments involving monkeys in the same correspondence.
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Gabe Newell Lobbied Elon Musk To Meet With ‘Visionary’ Designer Hideo Kojima Over Their Mutual Interest In AI And Space The email was recently surfaced as part of the Musk v. Altman trial Elon MuskGabe NewellHideo Kojima Bee Wertheimer Published May 2, 2026 | Comments (0) | 𝕏 Copied! © Edge Magazine / Contributor (Getty Images) Wealthy people are just like you and me: they, too, have big dreams. For Valve president Gabe Newell, it’s super yachts; for Metal Gear designer Hideo Kojima, it’s outer space, apparently. The ongoing Musk v. Altman trial has revealed that, in an email exchange from 2018, Newell asked fellow billionaire Elon Musk if his buddy Kojima could please get a tour of SpaceX.
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