tesla inc tsla chief executive elon musk increased the amount of cash he is committing to acquiring twitter inc twtr  according to a wednesday filing with the securities and exchange commission musk increased his commitment by 625 billion with the rest funded by debt financing according to the filing marginloan commitments for 125 billion expired with banks committing to still provide half that amount and musk promising the rest musk had previously stated that the twitter deal was on hold and also promised he would not sell more tesla stock after reaping nearly 4 billion from sales in april the filing also stated that musk continues to negotiate with twitter shareholders including cofounder jack dorsey in an attempt to convince them to remain as investors instead of cashing out twitter stock gained more than 5 in afterhours trading while tesla shares declined more than 1