SpaceX Raises $40B in Debt for AI Chips: The AI Credit Shift
SpaceX just borrowed $40 billion to buy AI chips, and Elon Musk says it could only do it because of Starlink and launch revenue. Lenders are now separating diversified AI players from data-center-only companies, and that split could reshape the entire AI trade. Here's what it means, and what to watch when Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon report this week.
SpaceX Now Makes More Money From AI Than From Rockets and Starlink Combined
SpaceX’s AI business just outearned its rockets and Starlink combined, bringing in $7.6 billion of a $14.6 billion quarter. But the AI buildout is costing almost $20 billion a quarter, and Elon Musk has now put a Tesla-SpaceX merger on the table. Here’s what the numbers really say, three scenarios for what comes next, and why Tesla’s earnings tonight could be the next big signal.
SpaceX's $8 Billion Spectrum Deal: Why Starlink Mobile Just Knocked 6% Off Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile
SpaceX just agreed to buy nationwide low-band spectrum for a reported $8 billion, and Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile each dropped about 6% after hours. No customer switched carriers on Thursday. So what exactly did Wall Street reprice? The answer is the scarcity that has protected America's 3 wireless giants for decades, and the FCC now decides whether that protection holds.