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SpaceX S-1

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026036936/spaceexplorationtechnologi.htm
47•cachecow•46m ago

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Geeek•37m ago
Their stated TAM is bonkers. A total of $28.5 trillion: $370B Space, $1.6T Connectivity, $26.5T in AI. With AI becoming more and more commoditized, the AI number is insane.
tonyhart7•8m ago
well if they talking future when US gov print money at unbelievable rate then this is very plausible (especially if they can work on space mining)
Eldodi•36m ago
Crazy this company will IPO for >1B with such bad financials! That said, Starlink seems to be a real cash machine, not as good as ads but enough to support AI bets.

2025:

- Revenue: $18.7B, up from $14.0B in 2024

- Operating loss: -$2.6B

- Net loss: -$4.9B

- Adjusted EBITDA: $6.6B

- Operating cash flow: $6.8B

- Capex: $20.7B

Segment breakdown:

- Starlink / Connectivity: $11.4B revenue, $4.4B operating income, $7.2B adj. EBITDA

- Space / launch: $4.1B revenue, -$657M operating loss

- AI / xAI / X: $3.2B revenue, -$6.4B operating loss

Starlink metrics:

- Subscribers: 8.9M at end-2025, 10.3M by Mar 31 2026

- ARPU: $99/month in 2023, $81 in 2025, $66 in Q1 2026

Balance sheet as of Mar 31 2026:

- Cash: $15.9B

- Marketable securities: $7.8B

- Total assets: $102.1B

- Total liabilities: $60.5B

- Debt / finance leases: about $30.3B

runako•22m ago
The numbers overall are worse than I expected. I can't believe Serious People are talking about putting this in the market at a trilly.

> Starlink seems to be a real cash machine

It has been said more than once that Starlink financials cannot be analyzed apart from SpaceX financials. Very easy to move the launch costs from one entity to the other depending on whether it is more beneficial to show more revenue for SpaceX or more profit for Starlink.

maipen•15m ago
As if any of the marketcaps actualy reflect a company's true value. It's never just about financials.
moralestapia•5m ago
Typo: I'm sure you meant 1T.

>ARPU: $99/month in 2023, $81 in 2025, $66 in Q1 2026

Oof, are they on diminishing returns phase?

While I don't think the financials are bad, I agree, this is definitely not a 1T company (but the market can stay irrational ...).

TheAlchemist•29m ago
Finally ! Can we end the debate about how mind blowingly profitable this company is ?

Mind you, those numbers don't take into account YET the Twitter debt / xAI merger burden - which will run into tens of billions per year.

I just can't, can't wait until this whole Musk fugazzi finally blows up.

vardump•16m ago
> I just can't, can't wait until this whole Musk fugazzi finally blows up.

Be careful what you wish for. The collateral damage would be mind boggling.

TheAlchemist•10m ago
So be it. What's the alternative ? Continue a bubble ? Ride on the 'FSD by the end of the year' or 'thousands of Optimus next year' for the next 10 years ?

The guys is openly lying and clearly a drug addict at this point and people think he's not cooking the books ?

Musk empire will end up being a much bigger scandal than Enron ever was. It's just a matter of time until it unfolds.

bigbuppo•8m ago
So, a significant amount of self-dealing, and Elon Musk has an 85.1% voting share in the company. That sounds like a really great thing. There is no sarcasm in that previous statement. None at all.
datadrivenangel•6m ago
So this confirms that SpaceX was making a lot of cash and plowing it back into R&D, and that the X/Twitter/xAI merger is concrete shoes on the good parts.

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379126000818
1•wslh•29s ago•0 comments

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1•Thompson_Li•1m ago•1 comments

Google Declaring War on the Web

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2•cdrnsf•2m ago•0 comments

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3•billybuckwheat•3m ago•0 comments

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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-026-02604-z
2•bookofjoe•4m ago•0 comments

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2•mrkn1•7m ago•0 comments

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2•barry-cotter•8m ago•0 comments

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https://nooneshappy.com/article/the-scale-the-plan-and-the-people/
2•diebillionaires•10m ago•0 comments

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4•gHeadphone•12m ago•0 comments

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https://github.com/brucehoult/k3_ai/tree/main
2•hasheddan•13m ago•0 comments

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https://ratfactor.com/ascetic-computing
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2•calflegal•16m ago•0 comments

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2•kennyhyder•19m ago•1 comments

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2•datadrivenangel•20m ago•0 comments

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11•AMavorParker•24m ago•1 comments

The SpaceX IPO filing has arrived

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/the-spacex-ipo-filing-has-arrived/
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AI Didn't Invent Slop – It Scaled It

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2•sjimdickens•25m ago•0 comments

Company wants to do the carbon footprint offset thing, but for AI usage

https://tokenoffset.com
2•jakehandy•28m ago•0 comments

Quantum computing is reaching its make-or-break moment

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/quantum-computing-is-reaching-its-make-or-break-moment/
3•digital55•29m ago•0 comments

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https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-has-a-love-hate-relationship-with-ai/
6•CrankyBear•31m ago•0 comments

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7•XMasterrrr•33m ago•0 comments

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2•fork-bomber•33m ago•0 comments

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4•brandonb•35m ago•0 comments

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89•AndrewDucker•37m ago•46 comments