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SpaceX leases entire 300MW Colossus One compute capacity to Anthropic
“Anthropic will use all the computing capacity from SpaceX's Colossus One data center in a new agreement with Elon Musk's rockets and artificial intelligence company. SpaceX will supply 300 megawatts of new computing capacity Using more than 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs…”
Alex Kantrowitz May 11, 2026 ▶ 1:43 The Unlikely Anthropic & SpaceX Marriage, OpenAI Trial Revelations, AI Layoffs Or Cope?
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Morris: SpaceX is targeting a $50B raise at a $1.5T valuation
“Yeah, I mean, we're hearing 50, potentially raising fifty billion at a 1.5 trillion valuation.”
Stephen Morris Feb 2, 2026 ▶ 52:31 The Anthropic Rocketship, AI’s Spending Limits, SpaceX IPO
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Roy: SpaceX floated under 5% of shares in its IPO
“Remember, they brilliantly went out to the market saying it is worth this ungodly valuation and kind of anchoring things there, only releasing less than five percent of actual available shares to the market to actually create that kind of artificial restricted…”
Ranjan Roy Jul 27, 2026 ▶ 51:18 What Happens If AI Fails?, Subprime Data Center Crisis, How Bad Can SpaceX Get?
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Kantrowitz: Over 20% of SpaceX IPO allocation went to retail investors
“So more than 20% of the IPO allocation went to retail investors, which means, and this is sort of where the negative side of it is, the risks typically borne out by government and venture capitalists are now being Born out by everyday investors”
Alex Kantrowitz Jun 15, 2026 ▶ 14:10 SpaceX’s IPO Triumph, Anthropic’s Fable Fumble, OpenAI’s Price War
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Costolo: SpaceX could be worth over $2T on day one
“When SpaceX goes public, and I think it'll actually, could you could, it could end up being worth over two trillion dollars on day one, whether that's a fake price or not.”
Dick Costolo May 27, 2026 ▶ 9:25 Predicting the SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic IPOs — With Dick Costolo
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SpaceX will hold its initial public offering before OpenAI and Anthropic
“SpaceX will be the one that IPO is first out of this. I think we could both agree there.”
Alex Kantrowitz May 11, 2026 ▶ 27:19 The Unlikely Anthropic & SpaceX Marriage, OpenAI Trial Revelations, AI Layoffs Or Cope?
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Hoffman: Bankers will likely raise $80 billion for SpaceX's upcoming IPO
“That giant sucking sound you're gonna hear in the markets, you know, this May and June is, is, Bankers running around asking for eighty billion dollars, which, by the way, I think they'll get.”
Liz Hoffman Apr 6, 2026 ▶ 32:30 OpenAI's TBPN Mistake, SpaceX’s $2 Trillion IPO?, Iran Disables Amazon Infrastructure
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Siegler: xAI and SpaceX merger sounds likely and may be announced this week
“If they really do merge with SpaceX, which it does sound like now, is gonna happen, and may even be announced this week, which is insane how fast that that came together, if it comes together in that way.”
M.G. Siegler Feb 3, 2026 ▶ 41:57 The Moltbook Uprising, NVIDIA’s OpenAI Pullback, Apple’s Conundrum
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SpaceX Generates $18.7 Billion in Revenue but Loses $4 Billion
“And remember, this is a company with an 18.7 billion dollars of revenue total. I mean, Amazon, it surpassed its market cap. Amazon has seven hundred fifty billion dollars in revenue. Like this is a company that's losing four billion dollars.”
Ranjan Roy Jun 29, 2026 ▶ 41:01 Mythos is Back, OpenAI Releases GPT 5.6, Apple’s Price Increases
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Kantrowitz: SpaceX Signed $15B Anthropic and $30B Google Data Center Deals
“Then in the run-up to the IPO, the company signed a fifteen billion dollar deal with Anthropic, a thirty billion dollar deal with Google to license out the data centers that it's built for its own AI efforts,”
Alex Kantrowitz Jun 15, 2026 ▶ 1:27 SpaceX’s IPO Triumph, Anthropic’s Fable Fumble, OpenAI’s Price War
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Siegler: SpaceX Will Go Public Within Days
“That a lot could change in between now and the time that they would go out, but SpaceX is going to go public, you know, this week, the end of this week or early next. And so or maybe the 11th, you know, at the latest or whatnot.”
M.G. Siegler Jun 8, 2026 ▶ 1:08:03 Did Google Just Fall Behind Again?, WWDC Preview, Anthropic Files To Go Public
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Roy: SpaceX S-1 shows Anthropic committed to $1.25B monthly spend
“In the SpaceX S one document, they talk about how Anthropic has agreed. And this is one of the big, like revenue boosters for them. To spend 1.25 billion dollars per month through May 2029. But they explicitly say in May and June, 2026, it is at a reduced fee.”
Ranjan Roy May 25, 2026 ▶ 16:01 Is OpenAI Ready To IPO?, The Datacenters in Space Myth, The Kids Boo AI
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Roy: SpaceX is targeting a $40B to $80B IPO raise
“Again, like SpaceX is targeting a raise between 40 and eighty billion dollars.”
Ranjan Roy May 25, 2026 ▶ 13:43 Is OpenAI Ready To IPO?, The Datacenters in Space Myth, The Kids Boo AI
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SpaceX Raised Over $85 Billion in Largest IPO Ever
“Largest IPO ever, raising more than eighty-five billion dollars at a 1.77 trillion dollar valuation.”
Alex Kantrowitz Jun 29, 2026 ▶ 24:22 Mythos is Back, OpenAI Releases GPT 5.6, Apple’s Price Increases
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Kantrowitz: SpaceX lost $4.28B on $4.69B Q1 revenue
“SpaceX had a net loss. 4.28 billion on revenue of 4.69 billion for the first quarter compared with a net loss of five hundred twenty eight million on revenue of about four billion a year earlier.”
Alex Kantrowitz May 25, 2026 ▶ 37:15 Is OpenAI Ready To IPO?, The Datacenters in Space Myth, The Kids Boo AI
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Kantrowitz: Elon Musk and SpaceX have filed for an IPO
“Elon Musk and co have filed for that IPO.”
Alex Kantrowitz Apr 6, 2026 ▶ 28:56 OpenAI's TBPN Mistake, SpaceX’s $2 Trillion IPO?, Iran Disables Amazon Infrastructure
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Roy: SpaceX IPO Launched with Only a 4.3% Public Float
“So much of how this is orchestrated, it's only a 4.3% float.”
Ranjan Roy Jun 15, 2026 ▶ 7:22 SpaceX’s IPO Triumph, Anthropic’s Fable Fumble, OpenAI’s Price War
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