Twitter/Getty Teslaquila is apparently coming soon, according to a cryptic tweet by Elon Musk, after news of his company applying to trademark the word came out.
Elon Musk might be branching out into a very different sector of business in the near future: his company, Tesla, has filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to trademark the word “Teslaquila”, per a report by CNBC.
Musk seemed to confirm this report a few hours later, tweeting, “Teslaquila coming soon …”
Following his initial tweet, Musk then followed up with a pretty confusing thread of tweets. First, he tweeted, “It’ll be amazing stuff,” attaching a promotional link to his semi-annual airdrop event.
Then he added a string of subsequent tweets:
“This is some nice Teslaquila I’ve prepared.”
“Limited for the next hour or so.”
“I am very excited to finally open this pne [sic] up.”
“Everyone welcome to try.”
Here’s what you need to know.
Musk Seems to Be Following Up on an April Fools’ Joke He Made in the Past
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Musk might be actually following up on a joke he made about ‘Teslaquila’ earlier this year, as a part of an April Fools’ ruse about Tesla going bankrupt. Filing to trademark a name would be a pretty intense strategy for furthering a prank, so it seems possible that this might be a real endeavor for Musk.
CNBC reports that the trademark is for “distilled agave liquor” and “distilled blue agave liquor”, respectively.
What’s more, in order to get a trademark approved you have to confirm that you have a “good faith intention” to actually use that trademark in the future.