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SpaceX Reportedly May Join Artificial Intelligence Arms Race - AOL

SpaceX may join the Pentagon's efforts in the artificial intelligence arms race to advance computing power supporting warfighting capabilities. Elon Musk's aerospace company, SpaceX, is in talks with the Department of War to provide access to its artificial intelligence (AI) data centers to support the Pentagon, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Friday, citing unnamed individuals familiar with the talks. It remains unclear, however, if the deal will make it to fruition. SpaceX would not be selling AI data centers to the Pentagon outright. Rather, the aerospace company would merely be lending its computing power to the Department of War for a limited time, similar to a lease, the outlet reported. (RELATED: SpaceX Opens At $150 A Share, Breaks $2 Trillion Market Cap) The leased computing power could ultimately cost the Department billions of dollars, the WSJ reported, citing people familiar with the matter. This would not be the first time SpaceX rented out its computing power to outside entities. Its AI data centers are being used by Google for $920 million a month from October 2026 to June 2029, the WSJ reported June 5. The deal could be worth up to $30.4 billion over the 33 months if the contract is completed in its entirety. Neither SpaceX nor the Pentagon immediately responded to requests for comment by the Daily Caller News Foundation . The renting of computing power from data centers is generally outside of SpaceX's primary focus: satellite launches utilizing reusable rockets, such as the Falcon 9. SpaceX's proposal to provide computing power to the War Department is not the only dealings the aerospace company has had with the Pentagon in recent months. The acting U.S. Space Force's portfolio acquisition executive for space-based sensing and targeting awarded a contract for $4.16 billion to SpaceX for the Space-Based Airborne Moving Target Indicator program on May 29, according to a press release. This program could be a key part of President Donald Trump's Golden Dome proposal, as it aims to "enhance the Space Force's capabilities to the Joint Force through the establishment of a persistent, global capability to sense and track airborne targets from space." (RELATED: Pentagon Demands Billions For Missile Defense As Trump Pushes Revolutionary 'Golden Dome') The proposed deal with the Pentagon to rent out computing power is only the beginning of SpaceX's dive into the data center marketplace. SpaceX is reportedly seeking to challenge competitors in the industry, such as Coreweave, another company which rents out computing power to third parties, the WSJ reported, citing people familiar with SpaceX. These business dealings follow SpaceX's recent initial public offering (IPO), which could facilitate Elon Musk's becoming the world's first trillionaire. "We believe we have identified the largest actionable total addressable market (TAM) in human history. We estimate that our quantifiable TAM is 28.5 trillion," SpaceX's filing states.

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In 50 years, they'll be 'laughing': Investor Jeremy Grantham says SpaceX is the 'craziest IPO in the history of man.' - AOL

This article adheres to strict editorial standards. Some or all links may be monetized. For Jeremy Grantham, SpaceX's IPO will go down in history for all the wrong reasons. He claims it's "the craziest IPO in the history of man (1)." In a recent interview with Morningstar, the founder of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Company (GMO), blasted the valuation for Elon Musk's rocket company. Top Picks Grantham is known as a "permabear" because of his perennially gloomy outlook on the market and stayed consistent with his recent analysis: "In 50 years, they'll be telling and writing stories about SpaceX and they'll be quoting you paragraphs from the prospectus and you will be laughing at it," he said (1). The prospectus Grantham is referring to is SpaceX's S-1 filing, which featured multiple page-long rocket ship pictures and lofty business ambitions such as space tourism and asteroid mining (2). But it isn't so much these sci-fi-sounding revenue sources that have Jeremy Grantham giggling. Grantham focused much of his criticism on SpaceX's artificial intelligence division, including xAI and X (formerly Twitter), which he considers "third-rate" compared to behemoths like Anthropic and OpenAI. Interestingly, a massive collapse in SpaceX's stock isn't the scariest scenario in Grantham's mind. He admitted that he's quite fearful of a future in which he's proven wrong and AI becomes so powerful that it creates a high-tech dystopia. Grantham told Morningstar, "If AI is actually going to be so good that the $1.7 trillion is cheap and the AI will be so powerful that our lives will be clearly at very severe risk, I wouldn't wish it on our species at all." On June 12, SpaceX shares initially rose from the starting price of $135 to about $160 per share (3). Although the stock briefly broke $200 a few days after IPO, it's currently trading around the $150 mark. Nasdaq fast-track brings in fast cash Even though Grantham said he's "90%" certain of a crash for SpaceX shares, he didn't rule out the possibility of price appreciation in the near-term. In Grantham's view, new indexing rules rather than intergalactic revenue sources could propel SpaceX higher. On July 7, SpaceX joined the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 index thanks to recent preferential "fast-track" rule changes. According to Reuters (4), JPMorgan said this official status alone could bring in $4.3 billion as massive funds become forced buyers. Grantham said that putting SpaceX in the Nasdaq-100 means "There'll be a lot of people who have to buy it for any index that is Nasdaq-y. So there'll be much more demand than there are sellers (1)." He even conceded that "It's hard to imagine the price won't go up and perhaps it will go up a lot" due to this market dynamic. But that still doesn't mean Grantham believes SpaceX is a smart long-term investment. Even though he sees potential for short-term price pumps, he ultimately believes it will come down hard when the realities of its negative earnings and massive AI spend become too much to bear. Some banks say SpaceX is a "buy" -- for now Grantham may be doom and gloom on SpaceX's prospects, but not all Wall Street firms are so pessimistic. Adam Jonas, the head of Morgan Stanley's Global Auto & Shared Mobility Research, recently became one of the most bullish analysts on record, initiating SpaceX as an "overweight" position with a $300 target price (5). Although other firms don't see SpaceX flying that high, many see potential for profits. Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Bernstein (6) have buy ratings with targets of $205, $225 and $239, respectively, according to Yahoo Finance reporting. And there has been some positive news to support this bullishness. For instance, CNBC reported on a deal between SpaceX and Google's parent Alphabet. Alphabet will pay nearly $1 billion (7) per month to rent computing power from SpaceX. Elon Musk also appears confident he'll reach $1 trillion in revenue by 2030, according to Reuters (8). But even with all of these positive ratings, analysts are quick to caution that a lot has to go right for SpaceX to reach its milestones. In fact, as MarketWatch reported (9), Morgan Stanley's own analysis suggests SpaceX probably won't be cash flow positive until 2035. As Adam Jonas cautioned in his CNBC interview (5), "For folks that are used to Tesla, it's going to be a volatile ride. And it's up to investors to decide whether the juice is worth the squeeze." SpaceX's losing streak SpaceX made one of the most anticipated public market debuts in years, but the excitement surrounding its IPO has quickly given way to a reality check. After soaring more than 20% during its first full trading day, the rocket maker has since surrendered those gains. Just a little over a month later, the stock has fallen below its $135 IPO price (10), underscoring just how quickly sentiment can shift once the initial euphoria fades. The decline isn't a surprise to everyone. Analysts at Morningstar have cautioned that the stock appears "significantly overvalued" (11). Much of that skepticism centers on the company's AI ambitions. Morningstar said the long-term profitability of SpaceX's xAI business remains highly uncertain, as analysts find its "economic moat intermediate." Companies tied to disruptive technologies can deliver eye-popping gains -- but they can also experience dramatic swings as investors constantly reassess future growth prospects. Investors in companies like SpaceX need both a strong stomach and a long-term mindset to weather the inevitable volatility. Get advice from Wall Street veterans Rather than chasing whichever stock dominates headlines, many of Wall Street's most successful investors have built their fortunes by patiently buying businesses trading below their intrinsic value. Legendary investor Warren Buffett has long advocated for this approach. "It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price," wrote Buffett in his 1989 annual shareholder letter (12). Of course, that's easier said than done. Buffett has access to research teams, sophisticated financial models and decades of market experience that most retail investors don't. That's where platforms like Moby can help bridge the gap. Moby offers expert research and recommendations to help you identify strong, long-term investments backed by advice from former hedge fund analysts. In four years, and across almost 400 stock picks, their recommendations have beaten the S&P 500 by almost 12% on average. 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Platforms like Acorns make that process simple by automatically investing your spare change into diversified ETF portfolios, helping you steadily build wealth. All you have to do is link your cards and Acorns will round up each purchase to the nearest dollar, investing the difference -- your spare change -- into a diversified portfolio of ETFs managed by experts at leading investment firms like Vanguard and BlackRock. With Acorns, you can invest in an S&P 500 ETF with as little as $5 -- and, if you sign up today and set up a recurring investment, Acorns will add a $20 bonus to help you begin your investment journey. Diversify with a safe haven asset Whether you prefer owning individual stocks or mostly stick with index funds, SpaceX's recent stumble highlights an important lesson -- equities can be unpredictable. Investors are still grappling with lofty AI valuations, stubborn inflation, elevated interest rates and ongoing geopolitical tensions. 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SpaceX IPO earns millions for US Small Business Administration head Kelly Loeffler - AOL

WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Small Business Administration head Kelly Loeffler multiplied the value of her investment in Elon Musk's SpaceX after she was nominated for the job, earning millions of dollars from the company's record initial public offering, a Reuters review of her financial disclosures showed. Loeffler invested between $1 million and $5 million as of January 3, 2025, in xAI, Musk's AI and social media firm that has since merged with SpaceX, according to a required financial disclosure submitted before she became SBA's administrator. Later in 2025, Loeffler invested again in SpaceX and xAI between $1 million and $5 million, according to a separate financial disclosure covering her investments for all of 2025 that she signed on May 14, 2026. Reuters obtained the form from the SBA on June 12. Loeffler's second investment has not been previously reported. Two independent government ethics attorneys agreed with Reuters' assessment of Loeffler's disclosure. Cabinet members use ranges to declare the value of their assets on their required financial disclosure forms, and they do not disclose the dates of their investments before taking office. SpaceX is a military contractor for the U.S. government. Federal law prohibits cabinet members from participating in decisions involving a company in which they have a financial interest. Public records do not show a financial relationship between SBA and xAI or SpaceX. xAI was not included on the public list of AI tools used by SBA employees in 2025. Loeffler and her team did not respond to multiple requests for comment about her SpaceX investment. VALUE OF SPACEX INVESTMENT SOARS Loeffler's bet on SpaceX paid off. The company priced the biggest-ever U.S. IPO on June 12, valuing the space, satellite and AI provider at $1.77 trillion. Her first investment in xAI would have been worth between $7 million and $2.6 billion on the day of the IPO, depending on the exact amount she invested and the date she made it, said Franco Granda, analyst at data provider PitchBook. The second investment would have been worth between $2.2 million and $25.4 million that day, he said. The earlier the investment, the more it would have been worth at the IPO, he said. xAI's valuation increased by more than 7,000% between its first investment round and January 5, 2025. SpaceX's valuation more than doubled in 2025. At least 10 Trump administration officials listed investments in SpaceX or xAI on their 2025 financial disclosure forms. None of those officials works for the Defense Department. Billionaire Musk, a former Trump adviser, is the founder and CEO of SpaceX. Loeffler initially invested in xAI via a private placement, according to her disclosure form. Private placements are typically open to select individuals and institutions with significant financial resources. Loeffler is a wealthy businesswoman. She was the founding chief executive at Bakkt, a bitcoin trading platform, and spent 16 years working at Intercontinental Exchange, the firm that owns the New York Stock Exchange, according to her LinkedIn profile. She is married to Intercontinental Exchange CEO Jeffrey Sprecher. Loeffler briefly represented Georgia in the Senate. The SBA helps entrepreneurs start and build their small businesses, according to the agency website. It connects business owners with lenders and funding to help them recover from natural disasters, among other responsibilities. The Senate confirmed Loeffler as SBA administrator on February 19, 2025. (Reporting by Courtney RozenEditing by Chris Sanders and Rod Nickel)

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SpaceX bears are taking a victory lap as the stock struggles a month after the IPO - AOL

"I think it could be half over the course of the year," one bearish commentator said. SpaceX stock has struggled after a brief burst of post-IPO enthusiasm, and the bears are taking a moment to reiterate their downbeat views on the stock. A month after a historic IPO, SpaceX stock dropped below the initial offering price of $135 on Wednesday, marking a 40% decline from its peak of around $225. Wall Street analysts rushed to issue bullish price targets when the stock joined the Nasdaq 100 earlier this month, but the bears are feeling emboldened by the plunge that they say bolsters the view that the stock was overvalued from the get-go. "Expect the price to completely crash," former Fidelity Overseas Fund manager and hedge fund founder George Noble told Business Insider. "I think it could be half over the course of the year." Noble said $30 is a fair price target for SpaceX stock, a forecast that implies a drop of 78% from Wednesday's price. He's also previously criticized Tesla, describing Musk's EV company as the biggest bubble in stock market history. Jay Ritter, an economist and market commentator dubbed "Mr. IPO" for his expertise and research on companies and capital markets, told Business Insider that he was considering shorting SpaceX prior to its IPO. While Ritter didn't say whether he is betting against the stock yet, he added that he's not at all surprised by the post-IPO slide. CFRA analyst Keith Snyder labeled the stock with a "sell" rating directly following its IPO and hasn't wavered, even as many of his peers on Wall Street dole out bullish price targets and commentary in their initial coverage. "I am still negative on the valuation at these levels and haven't seen anything that would change the story for me," Snyder told Business Insider last week. The only thing he says would change his mind is actual growth. Ed Elson, a day trader who co-hosts Scott Galloway's Prof G Markets podcast, said in June that he saw the stock as highly overvalued, predicting that it would be cut in half within the coming year. On July 14, Elson shared an updated take on SpaceX, highlighting concerns about the bullish sentiment among Wall Street analysts. Elson laid out why this may be problematic for investors, especially as many bullish analysts are from banks that underwrote the SpaceX IPO. In his view, they still have financial incentive to describe the stock favorably, even after the end of the legal 'quiet period' for underwriters. "Anyone who bought post-IPO is now underwater," he said. "This is in line with the trend: Research shows IPOs recommended by analysts at underwriting banks underperform and, on average, lose value." If you enjoyed this story, be sure to follow Business Insider on Yahoo.

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The AI burn book: Decoding the cat fights between Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Anthropic - AOL

Business Insider decoded the shade and subtweets, from the punctuation to the emojis. As the summer temperatures rise, tech tempers flare. Sam Altman is back to his old ways: openly feuding with Elon Musk and taking jabs at Anthropic once again, to the shock of no one. With Altman and Musk's courtroom dispute wrapped up (Musk lost but vowed to appeal), the dueling AI leaders are now dragging each other online over data privacy and an Apple legal battle. The OpenAI CEO has also poked at Anthropic, his primary competitor, run by Dario Amodei. Altman and Amodei were once colleagues; now, they avoid holding hands. Altman hasn't called a rival CEO a "pusher" or a "grotsky little byotch" yet. Still, a Burn Book is forming under his fingertips -- and we decoded it for you. Round One: Sam Altman vs Elon Musk Elon Musk threw the first punch last Friday. Apple sued OpenAI that day, alleging that the AI lab stole trade secrets to build its upcoming hardware device. Musk replied to posts about the suit with exclamation points, the word "wow," and a quick reaction: "Sounds pretty bad." He ramped up on Saturday, calling the OpenAI CEO "Scam Altman," a favorite phrase of his. The digs kept coming throughout the day. Altman took scamming "to a whole new level," Musk wrote, and might love scamming "more than any human alive!" Altman responded in his typical, lower-case fashion: "homeboy you're the one sellling public market investors on short-term space datacenters." Note the term of endearment (or lack thereof): "homeboy." Note the typo: "sellling." Note the lack of punctuation. Three minutes later, Altman fired off another. This time, he used the feud as an opportunity to promote his product, writing that the most reliable benchmark for GPT-5.6 Sol's success "is that elon is obsessed with me again." (Again, no capitalization.) Musk responded to Altman's space data center skepticism a few hours later with a zinger. "We start flying them next year. Maybe you can come see them if your parole officer approves," Musk wrote. In the same post, Musk took another shot at Altman by referencing their messy breakup from almost a decade ago. "After stealing an open source AI charity, you then stole all of Apple's phone technology!" he wrote. "Wow." For the record, Altman doesn't have a parole officer. OpenAI disputes Apple's allegations stating it is "not aware of any evidence that this complaint has merit." OpenAI and SpaceX did not respond to Business Insider's requests for comment. After Saturday's brawl, Altman wasn't done. He took one last stab at Musk on Tuesday, reposting some data privacy concerns about SpaceXAI. "Concerning," he wrote. And yet, the enemies could find some common ground. Both Musk and Altman posted approving messages about an AI safety essay published Tuesday by Google DeepMind's CEO Demis Hassabis. Round Two: Sam Altman vs Anthropic Throughout the Musk mess, Altman continued to kick at his No. 1 opponent: Anthropic. Last Thursday, Anthropic released an eyebrow-raising ad saying there was "hope in hard questions." Those questions include: what will humans do when AI takes over all the jobs? And why do we even have to have AI? The leading image is of a house on fire; it's an AI doomer's dream. Altman clowned the ad on Monday, saying that he "thought this was satire" posted from a fake account. He also put words in Anthropic's mouth: "Hard questions are great but only if we deem you worthy enough to not silently downgrade you, or even get access at all." He appeared to reference how Anthropic quietly rejected or altered some Fable 5 prompts in its initial launch. The company has since made these safeguards more visible. Earlier that day, he laughed at an X user who called the use of Anthropic's Fable 5 an unhealthy situationship. Since its release, Anthropic has rolled back and re-deployed the model and lifted and lowered guardrails, to the frustration of some users. (In typical Altman fashion, he "lol'd.") Altman also got philosophical. He reposted a reply to a criticism of Amodei that quoted C.S. Lewis. "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive," the post read. It's similar to criticisms other AI leaders have shared: that Anthropic warns of AI's safety concerns while claiming only its AI can fix it. And then, the vague-post of all vague-posts. "Come for the best model, stay because we don't treat you with contempt," Altman wrote on Monday, without specifying which AI rival he was taking a shot at. Amodei seems to be steering clear of the drama. As of Wednesday evening, he hadn't responded, nor has he updated his X account in over a month. Anthropic did not respond to a request for comment. If you enjoyed this story, be sure to follow Business Insider on Yahoo.

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SpaceX's slide risks turning blockbuster IPO into confidence test - AOL

NEW YORK, July 15 (Reuters) - SpaceX's slip close to its initial public offering price risks turning a marquee stock-market debut into a confidence test, potentially unsettling retail investors and complicating decisions for other companies weighing high-profile listings. Elon Musk's company, spanning rockets to AI, debuted on June 12 and soared in the ensuing days, at one point valuing the company at well above $2 trillion. Since then, trading has been rocky. The stock has slipped below its $150 opening price, but remained above the $135 offer price, with concerns about lofty tech stock valuations continuing to weigh on global indexes. SpaceX shares are at risk of falling below that level. They ended on Tuesday down 2.2% at $136.08, their lowest closing level since the IPO, a week after they started trading as part of the Nasdaq 100 index <.NDX>. The stock dipped as low as $135.52. A break below the IPO price would be a psychological blow for SpaceX shares, said Matthew Maley, chief market strategist at Miller Tabak. "It raises the narrative that the stock is up on fluff, on speculation, on froth, and not on real fundamentals," Maley said. Investors who bought into the excitement around SpaceX's listing, "hoping to 'make a killing' will be disappointed," said Greg Halter, director of research at Carnegie Investment Counsel. He said weakness in SpaceX would put it more in line with 30 years of heavily hyped IPOs, where average and median returns over the first month are often negative. SpaceX did not immediately respond to a request for comment. PRICE DISCOVERY NOT PANIC? A drop below the IPO price would not be unusual for a newly listed company. Shares of Cerebras Systems, which went public in May, have dropped below the IPO price, and Meta, formerly known as Facebook, fell similarly after its debut. Investors often fixate on IPO prices and early trading, said Ryan Lee, senior vice president of product and strategy at financial services firm Direxion. "The reality is, (SpaceX) is still undergoing some of this price discovery process," Lee said. A fall for SpaceX below $135 would reflect "normal, albeit painful" market mechanics, especially as investors, venture capitalists and employees sell shares after lockups expire, said Gabriel Shahin, CEO at Falcon Wealth Planning. "A near-term dip below the $135 threshold would not fundamentally alter our current positioning or cause us to panic-sell," he said. CAUTION OR GREEN LIGHT FOR NEXT IPOS Some investors think SpaceX's stock performance could influence the market for future public listings. OpenAI and Anthropic are eyeing the public markets. Neither company responded to a request for comment. Carnegie's Halter said companies and investment banks considering large IPOs this year are watching SpaceX closely. "No one wants an IPO to flop or have the initial price be ratcheted down," Halter said. He suspects some IPOs would be pulled rather than priced at lower valuations. But Direxion's Lee said SpaceX's capital raise could encourage some companies with large funding needs to move faster. "If I'm OpenAI or if I'm Anthropic and I'm in this true arms race to build the frontier AI model and I need capital, I'm going to try to beat the other one out the door," Lee said. RISKING RETAIL TRADERS' SKEPTICISM A drop below the IPO price could hit retail investors, who received about 20% of the allocation, hard. "Many novice investors have approached SpaceX with a 'meme stock' mentality, buying in with capital they cannot afford to lose," Shahin said, warning that losses could fuel perceptions that markets favor insiders. "The market needs to understand that post-IPO volatility is normal." SpaceX's first earnings report will be a major test for the stock. Underwriters typically support stocks in the first 30 days and may do more for SpaceX given the deal's size, the public attention and the fact other high-profile offerings are imminent, said Maria Llerena, director of financial research at Domini Impact Investments. "Loss-making companies without a clear path to profitability are typically volatile and can fall below their IPO price," said Llerena. (Reporting by Laura Matthews in New York; Additional reporting by Lewis Krauskopf in New York; editing by Megan Davies and Rod Nickel)

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