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‘I need bulletproof shoes’ Elon Musk on impulsive tweets and how Twitter may soon be cashflow positive

The Twitter chief executive claimed that the company has made a remarkable turnaround in recent months

Elon Musk has said he needs bulletproof shoes because of his habit of shooting himself in the foot. Picture: Getty

Elon Musk has declared that most of the advertisers who abandoned Twitter after his $44 billion acquisition have returned, and said the company could become cash-flow positive as soon as this quarter.

Speaking in a rambling Twitter Spaces interview with the BBC, Musk said there are just 1,500 employees left, down from around 8,000, and he reaffirmed Twitter is operating at about breakeven.

More than 3 million concurrent users tuned in to the almost two-hour-long ...