SpaceX, in brief.
The world's busiest rocket company, plus satellite internet, now public.
SpaceX already flies most of the world's rockets and makes real money from Starlink. The stock price is a bet on cheaper future launches and AI, not on today's profit.
Starlink already makes real profit. The company as a whole still loses money, and the IPO priced a future that is not here yet.
A high price on a company that loses money means buyers are paying for what SpaceX might become, not for what it earns this year. Starlink is already profitable. The group loss comes from the AI bet.
Numbers from the SpaceX IPO prospectus and Grokipedia.
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- 2Rockets that come back, plus internet from spaceWhat it is
- 3Reuse cuts the cost. Starlink brings the profit.How the money works
- 4Cadence, cost, and a cash engine rivals do not haveThe bull case
- 5Losses today, and a lot riding on one profit engineThe bear case
- 6A simple scoreboardWhat to watch
- 7A record price on a future, not on this year's profitThe bottom line
- TeslaThe whole company
- SpaceXYou are reading this one
- NeuralinkThe neural-data thesis
- MACROHARDThe all-software AI play
- Tesla EnergyPowerwall, Megapack, Autobidder
- OptimusThe humanoid-robot option
- RobotaxiAutonomy unit economics
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