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The Hidden Power of AI in Metal 3D Printing | Erik Palitsch on TBPN
- ▶ 19:43 Erik Palitsch Designing and architecting like Raptor and Starship.
- ▶ 28:02 Erik Palitsch From my time at SpaceX, I always liked solving these extremely complex interdisciplinary system level problems, you know, and these very, very, you know, how do we colonize Mars?
- ▶ 30:49 Erik Palitsch I came from space X, so everything starts at zero.
- ▶ 31:41 Erik Palitsch You know, I led certification of Falcon nine and Merlin, um, uh, for, for the air force and NASA.
- ▶ 33:06 Erik Palitsch I feel obviously like very fortunate, um, to have had the opportunity to work at SpaceX for so long and sit in the room and see how he makes decisions and, you know, and, and the good and the bad, you know, I mean, all of it, I, I just, I… 3 times in the scene
Is Venture Capital Broken? | Sam Lessin on TBPN
- ▶ 30:44 Sam Lessin I find the whole Mars thing and SpaceX so frustrating. 3 times in the scene
How Tech Can Save America | Delian Asparouhov on TBPN
- ▶ 9:48 Delian Asparouhov Um, I'm gonna be, uh, moderating between Tim Hughes, who's the SVP of all, you know, sort of business basically at SpaceX.
Why the Moon Matters More Than Ever | John Gedmark on TBPN
Building Northwood and a ground station network for satellites | Bridget Mendler on TBPN April 23rd
- ▶ 3:35 Bridgit Mendler And so kind of gold standard for this is SpaceX, where they have hundreds of ground stations to, um, not just have global coverage, but to be able to serve 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 6:56 Jordi Hays What kind of companies do you think, ah, are potentially enabled by your technology and network that, ah, may not have been smart to start five years ago if you didn't have, kind of, the resources of, of SpaceX?
- ▶ 16:30 Jordi Hays SpaceX.
You Shouldn't IPO - Here's Why | Everett Randle on TBPN April 10th
- ▶ 7:43 Everett Randle So SpaceX obviously is kind of the poster child of this, but then you saw Stripe obviously do that, that really large kind of like RSU catalyzed round, um, at like fifty-five billion dollars, I believe it was.
- ▶ 10:40 Everett Randle Um, and, uh, and, you know, SpaceX has been a private company for what? 3 times in the scene
Why Industrialization WON'T Create New JOBS | Samuel Hammond on TBPN April 8th
- ▶ 21:09 unnamed speaker He worked at SpaceX.
Is AI UNDERVALUED? | Scott Wu on TBPN April 3rd
- ▶ 1:39 unnamed speaker Pinterest and SpaceX. 2 times in the scene
Delian Asparouhov on Defense Startups, NASA, Continuing Resolution and More
- ▶ 1:18 Delian Asparouhov And so, you know, both SpaceX and Palantir
- ▶ 5:03 Delian Asparouhov Like if you look at the people that are closing the biggest use of defense contracts, you know, Tim Hughes at, you know, sort of SpaceX, uh, you know, Matt Graham, Trey Stevens, et cetera, that whole crew at, you know, uh, and roll, you…
- ▶ 14:47 Delian Asparouhov Yeah, I mean, I brought it up because I think it was like two weeks ago that we chatted about like the, you know, astronauts being stranded, and then, you know, sort of SpaceX going to, you know, bring them back down. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 18:01 Delian Asparouhov Like, it's really awesome to have somebody that he's got a phenomenal entrepreneur, a right shift for payments, you know, sort of mega company, but then also it's like putting his own capital and literally life on the line by like paying… 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 27:37 Delian Asparouhov Like, I mean, again, just look at like what SpaceX is doing with Starship and like, you know, stomping out a bunch of, you know, other, you know, sort of mice in there, the elephant, what Andrew is doing, stomping out a bunch of mice.
Connor Love (Lightspeed) on Everything You Need to Know About Defense Startups
- ▶ 7:58 Connor Love But, but where the like, and I made this like, you know, there are, there are sharks and there are mennows in this, you know, in your budget, you know, happening right now is the sharks, you know, the guys like Brian Hargis, you know, has…
- ▶ 20:15 Connor Love So if you can be unique enough, and, and part of this is like, yes, looking at what the large guys are doing, like Andrew and SpaceX and et cetera, um, you, you need to be nuanced enough initially with your product that, that you're,…
Christian Garrett (137 Ventures) on Investing and Markets
- ▶ 2:18 unnamed speaker oh yeah, I'm an early investor in SpaceX, but like maybe there's like a bunch of SPBs separating you and like the actual, like, 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 5:21 Christian Garrett You know, SpaceX has raised ten billion dollars in primary over its, you know, 23 years, uh, of being around as a company. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 9:17 unnamed speaker Cause they've done an exceptional job, you know, with, with their relationship with SpaceX and, you know, we, we want that kind of partner as well.
- ▶ 15:38 Christian Garrett You, uh, you do see obviously a, a ton of, I mean, you know, SpaceX does a tender and they're 2 times in the scene
Shaun Maguire breaks down Wiz investment, building great teams, and the Everything App.
- ▶ 9:51 Shaun Maguire SpaceX in the early days, like anyone in the world that wanted to work on rockets, like there was only one place to go and they went to 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 23:23 Shaun Maguire This is not what he's been saying, so I'm sorry, Casey, I'm making this more provocative than what you actually said, but he's basically said that NASA has been underestimating SpaceX, and that it's in NASA's interest to kind of understand… 5 times in the scene
Delian Asparouhov on Stranded Astronauts, NASA in Crisis, and Corporate Espionage.
- ▶ 2:22 Delian Asparouhov SpaceX was seen as a bunch of, you know, you know, cowboys who has that had no chance of actually being able to be trusted. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 3:47 Delian Asparouhov Well, now that it's the Trump administration, I don't think that Trump will, you know, sort of limit them from the mics, but I think what's incredibly clear is SpaceX offered to bring the astronauts back sooner
- ▶ 5:18 unnamed speaker You could imagine that Boeing is finding it difficult to compete on, you know, getting the best talent when there's SpaceX and Varda and all these other players that are sort of competing for the, the best and brightest in the world.
- ▶ 16:45 Delian Asparouhov Yeah, I mean, I think if you look at the, you know, sort of SpaceX, the Anderals, the Vardas, the Hadrian, et cetera, on down, the per capita number of like IT security people you basically need on staff because you're just like ITAR… 2 times in the scene
Trae Stephens talks Flock Safety, Anduril, and American Dynamism.
- ▶ 29:30 unnamed speaker And, you know, some of the best quests you could go on are like working for an Android or working for a SpaceX.
Ashlee Vance on the Future of Media, Current Inspiration, and Upcoming Books.
- ▶ 14:18 Ashlee Vance So, but you know, the cup, the criminal thing is, is rocket lab because there's a little bit of a lack of attention on that because there's like space X and rocket lab and they're the only two have figured it out and they figured it out on…
Delian Asparouhov on Near Death Experiences, Deflecting Asteroids, and the Magic of Venture.
- ▶ 10:30 Delian Asparouhov Even our satellite and we know where SpaceX dropped us off and like where things are going. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 14:59 Jordi Hays Talk to us about SpaceX last week. 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 22:20 Delian Asparouhov And so from a commercial basis, it's like really hard to sign contracts with anyone, but SpaceX right now, because no one's showing any level of repeatability. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 26:47 Delian Asparouhov There are plenty of SpaceX copycats even today. 4 times in the scene
Chrisman Frank on AI Tutors, the Path to Learning, and Struggles with the Modern School System.
- ▶ 1:14 Chrisman Frank I went down to visit the, uh, school at SpaceX that Elon had created, uh, for his own kids. 3 times in the scene
Alexis Ohanian reflects on Reddit, the changing internet, and the future of Digg.
- ▶ 23:25 unnamed speaker How many, uh, how many successful, uh, SpaceX, you know, sort of trips to the moon you need to see before you're going to get on it yourself? 2 times in the scene
"Don't listen to anyone" - Shaun Maguire talks Elon, Robots, Space, and the Mars Mission.
- ▶ 3:43 John Coogan Yeah, SpaceX, Elon companies, that's what we want to dive into today.
- ▶ 7:12 Shaun Maguire Um, and also we're not investors in Tesla, just given the timing and that it was public where, you know, major investors in space X invested in boring company, investors in X, investors in XDI.
- ▶ 16:37 Shaun Maguire Basically guaranteed SpaceX is driving this. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 23:35 Jordi Hays Um, question for you, I think, uh, you know, it's easy to see why SpaceX is a multi-hundred billion dollar company. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 28:13 Shaun Maguire I mean, look, I, it's not what people want to hear, but I think that if you don't have a very, very clear idea, don't, don't start a company just for the sake of starting a company, go join an, go join SpaceX or Joe, go join XAI or Tesla…
"Work at an outstanding organization first" - Keith Rabois Advice on Starting Companies
- ▶ 10:25 Keith Rabois The thing about this is kind of like what SpaceX did, you know, in some ways the rockets was like the rockets were really good, but they were invented in the 19 sixties in the United States. 2 times in the scene
Packy McCormick Breaks Down Ramp's New $13B Valuation and Where He's Investing Right Now.
- ▶ 20:56 Packy McCormick Really like the way that I've, I've been thinking like my catchphrase on this is Andrew and space X for everything. 2 times in the scene
HUGE Humanoid Robots Funding for 2025 ($40 BILLION)
- ▶ 11:37 unnamed speaker Because Elon's working on humanoids, and if you're in, if you're in X, like Andreessen is, or you're in, uh, you know, Sequoia's an X, um, if you're in SpaceX, if you're in Neuralink, boring company.
How Does GROK Compare? (Full Analysis)
- ▶ 26:49 unnamed speaker And so having the playbook and being able to pull talent from, you know, a company like Tesla or SpaceX and say, Hey, we need to build this data center in 214 days.
- ▶ 54:30 John Coogan Arrange for Altman to tour Musk's SpaceX rocket factory.
- ▶ 1:00:49 John Coogan Like, 2018, people were talking about SpaceX and Tesla mostly.
Defense Tech vs. Silicon Valley
- ▶ 1:53 unnamed speaker They were founded in 20, 22 by three alumni of SpaceX, Elon Musk's rocket and satellite company, which was also created in El Segundo.
- ▶ 3:57 unnamed speaker SpaceX has become the most valuable private firm in America, worth three hundred and fifty billion.
- ▶ 7:40 unnamed speaker SpaceX's ability to shuttle satellites cheaply into low earth orbit where they can scrutinize the planet has made space an increasingly affordable part of battlefield technologies. 4 times in the scene
BREAKING: DOGE Just Added a GAME CHANGER
- ▶ 28:05 John Coogan So Fairtor was a summer intern at SpaceX.
From NOTHING to BILLIONS (Masa's Epic Rise)
- ▶ 53:25 unnamed speaker Elon hired Gwen Shotwell to run SpaceX.
The Future of Defense Technology
- ▶ 11:04 unnamed speaker That time has long passed in part because Uber, Lyft, SpaceX, and Airbnb kicked down the doors. 2 times in the scene
New Hypersonic Weapons Funding
- ▶ 10:27 unnamed speaker Yeah, and that's what people still don't realize about SpaceX, is it is being able to put things up in space fundamentally makes you a defense tech company. 3 times in the scene
DeepSeek, Stargate Update, Bees Do Enjoy Honey, Golden Retriever Maxxing, Bring on the Trilly
- ▶ 36:07 John Coogan It's like Lockheed setting up a small, a separate small team to compete with SpaceX because the main United launch alliance was not going to work out.
The END of TikTok?
- ▶ 2:09:04 Jordi Hays And then other, other SpaceX employees were showing. 2 times in the scene
Insurance Companies Explained (How they actually work)
- ▶ 1:00:41 John Coogan when the second, when the SpaceX secondary finally hits, and it's a, uh, Audemars Piguet, uh, Royal Oak chronograph,
Can This Man Save Los Angeles? (Rick Caruso)
- ▶ 1:31:07 John Coogan NASA's SpaceX Crew-Ten mission on the ISS, which will finally bring Butch, Wilmore, and Suni Williams home after a ten-month stay in space, has been delayed to
- ▶ 1:31:07 John Coogan NASA's SpaceX Crew-Ten mission on the ISS, which will finally bring Butch, Wilmore, and Suni Williams home after a ten-month stay in space, has been delayed to
How to WIN in 2025? (INSANE Predictions List)
- ▶ 40:08 John Coogan And I'm just going to do SpaceX secondary, Stripe secondary, annual secondary, and, and, and that can also be venture capital when it's like clearly a different thing.
The END of Ski Season? (E26)
- ▶ 1:10:03 John Coogan And then SpaceX, like they have star shield, which is a defense tech product. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:42:47 John Coogan Naturally, I have been quietly creating a life-sized modern art masterpiece, blending SpaceX, Doge, and Elon himself.
Year of Tech in Review (ep25)
- ▶ 26:05 Jordi Hays SpaceX. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 31:26 John Coogan I mean, you look at Teal, and he co-founded Palantir, they did the SpaceX Series A, and then incubated Andurl, and it's like, they didn't come up with a phrase, though. 2 times in the scene
You are NOT a Lottery Ticket (Peter Thiel Breakdown)
Billionaires XMAS list (ep21)
- ▶ 1:30:05 John Coogan Varda is one of the first movers, but there will be other companies that are doing things that are completely off of SpaceX's roadmap, but leverage the launch capabilities. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:51:03 John Coogan The information runs a provocative headline asking if SpaceX's valuation is irrational, but their math is off by a factor of a thousand. 4 times in the scene
How we became the fastest growing podcast (ep20)
- ▶ 37:49 Jordi Hays Simple, bold, and true, and he's quote tweeting Ramp saying, using different software for cards, bill pay travel, expense management, and procurement, and it has one of the original, uh, sort of SpaceX, uh, rocket, uh,
- ▶ 2:00:49 John Coogan I mean, I always said this is interesting about Founders Fund because like, you know, big stories around, uh, Palantir, SpaceX, and Anduril.
- ▶ 2:12:46 Jordi Hays No, the thesis is really that she's a foreign agent, and she is trying to sabotage our young entrepreneurs from building, you know, incredible companies like SpaceX and things of that nature, and she's trying to get all the talented young…
CEO Assassination Deep Dive (ep19)
- ▶ 1:15:56 unnamed speaker That SpaceX will, will go public there.
Inside Facebooks Secret "Red Book" (ep18)
- ▶ 39:22 Jordi Hays It's like FF is like moon and SpaceX and like, I mean the,, the lesson, the lesson, the lesson that your, your son is going to grow up with is that dad, my dad's got a guy for everything 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:41:23 John Coogan SpaceX, like, what, they're not gonna make 10,000 rockets.
How BILLIONAIRES dress for XMAS (ep17)
- ▶ 21:04 John Coogan And it's really a crazy power law outcome because SpaceX is just winning so much, but everyone else has really struggled.
- ▶ 2:06:09 John Coogan Like the plan to get to Mars is happening at SpaceX. 2 times in the scene
Election Betting Gone WRONG (ep15)
- ▶ 1:30:10 unnamed speaker And you can see with Elon, with the, the, the story about SpaceX, where he goes, he goes to Russia, tries to buy the ICBM, and I think they literally spit vodka in his face.
FACT CHECKERS vs. tech article (ep14)
- ▶ 1:37:09 John Coogan He kept SpaceX private.
How to Spend a Trillion Dollars Fast (ep13)
- ▶ 5:07 John Coogan The SpaceX catch.
- ▶ 1:21:26 John Coogan And I think that's really, really cool.
- ▶ 1:43:07 John Coogan And it's funny because there is already a Netflix documentary about SpaceX, but it wasn't made from
- ▶ 2:09:28 John Coogan It might be a, uh, it might be SpaceX point to point. 2 times in the scene
Who's Getting Rich Off Ozempic? (e12)
- ▶ 0:35 John Coogan Former SpaceX.
- ▶ 1:16:53 John Coogan There's NASA and SpaceX and stuff.
- ▶ 2:53:36 John Coogan Uh, Sawyer Merritt says SpaceX president and COO Gwen Shotwell on the company having twenty two billion dollars in government contracts. 3 times in the scene
What is the TRUMP BUBBLE? (ep11)
- ▶ 12:17 Jordi Hays It's SpaceX wants to launch a rocket.
Fact-Checking The Information (ep10)
- ▶ 1:45:35 John Coogan We love SpaceX and we love Gulfstream here, so, uh, happy to support them.
Low T levels at Y-Combinator (ep9)
- ▶ 1:07:43 John Coogan I talked to a guy who worked on the Blue Origin rocket engine versus, and was comparing it to the, the Merlin engine designed by, uh, Tom Mueller at SpaceX, and, uh, the, one of the things that allowed SpaceX to iterate so quickly was that 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:41:23 Jordi Hays Uh, here's a link to our SpaceX job board.
Inside JD Vance's Portfolio (ep8)
- ▶ 45:26 John Coogan I mean, a lot of VCs do get artifacts from, like, a lot of SpaceX investors have, like, like, cool model rockets and stuff that have been given out at various times.
- ▶ 1:11:10 unnamed speaker So Elon going from working on SpaceX to working on X to working on playing Diablo is actually like, it feels like 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:35:37 John Coogan They want to be the one to take, uh, SpaceX public or something.
Trump's Secret Career (ep7)
- ▶ 2:24:44 John Coogan Uh, few learn that SpaceX prices their launches way higher than it costs them to launch. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:31:36 Jordi Hays I think he's, uh, involved with SpaceX. 2 times in the scene
The Secret Billionaire Party (ep6)
- ▶ 18:10 John Coogan Like, do you get into the seed round of SpaceX?