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US judge approves Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement of copyright lawsuit
July 20 (Reuters) - A federal judge in San Francisco on Monday signed off on artificial intelligence company Anthropic's landmark $1.5 billion settlement of a class action lawsuit brought by a group of authors who accused it of misusing their books to train its AI chatbot Claude. U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin granted final approval of the settlement, the largest known settlement of a U.S. copyright case, rejecting arguments that it was too small. The case is one of dozens brought by copyright owners including authors and news outlets against tech companies over the training of their large language models, and the first major U.S. case to settle. Now-retired Judge William Alsup initially approved the deal last September. "We reached this settlement in 2025, after the court's landmark ruling that training AI on books is fair use under copyright law -- which remains the law today," Anthropic deputy general counsel Aparna Sridhar said in a statement. "We are pleased that more than 91% of authors and publishers covered by the settlement have claimed their share of the payment, and we're looking forward to bringing this matter to a close." The authors' lead attorney, Justin Nelson, welcomed what he called a "historic settlement." "It is the largest known copyright recovery in history. We look forward to making distributions to the Class as promptly as possible," Nelson said in a statement, referring to payments to authors covered by the settlement. The writers sued Anthropic in 2024, arguing that the company, which is backed by Amazon and Alphabet , used pirated versions of their books without permission to teach Claude to respond to human prompts. Alsup ruled last June that Anthropic made fair use of the authors' work to train Claude, but found that the company violated their rights by saving more than 7 million pirated books to a "central library" that would not necessarily be used for AI training. A trial was scheduled to begin last December to determine how much Anthropic owed for the alleged piracy, with potential damages running into the hundreds of billions of dollars. The settlement spurred objections from some authors who argued it was not large enough, overcompensated the plaintiffs' attorneys or wrongly excluded some copyright owners. Judge Martinez-Olguin overruled those objections in her ruling on Monday. The judge said that complaints about the settlement's size were "not grounded in a realistic assessment of the overall risks and rewards of a trial," and awarded the attorneys more than $101 million of the $187.5 million they requested in fees. Some authors and publishers opted out of the settlement and have filed separate lawsuits against Anthropic that are still ongoing. (Reporting by Blake Brittain in Washington, Editing by Alexia Garamfalvi, Sanjeev Miglani and Stephen Coates)
Polymarket prices 16.5% Putin exit by June 2027 as ladder shifts long-dated
Polymarket Reprices the "Putin Out by...?" Ladder After Expanded Ukrainian Drone-Strike Reports Polymarket traders pushed up the longer-dated line in the "Putin out as President of Russia by...?" ladder, with the June 30, 2027 strike trading at 16.5% implied odds on $18.0M volume. The repricing followed reports of expanded Ukrainian drone strikes, but the key read is the term-structure gap across the ladder's dated strikes. Key Takeaways * Prediction markets currently price a 16.5% chance that Putin is out as President of Russia by June 30, 2027 (83.5% No). * Traders moved probability toward the later horizon: June 30, 2027 is 16.5% Yes vs December 31, 2026 at 8.5% Yes, reflecting higher confidence in "not soon" outcomes. * Timing focus: the market resolves on June 30, 2027; recent tape shows a bearish 24h and 7d move of -4.0 pp with reversal_detected flagged in the summary. A report said Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces struck seven vessels tied to Russia's "shadow fleet" in the Azov and Black Seas, hit six Russian air-defense assets on Russian territory, and struck seven energy facilities in occupied areas including Crimea. It also described cumulative strike counts since July 1 under named operations, and said earlier attacks disabled three of five Kerch ferry-crossing ferries, reducing capacity by 75%. Ladder Term Structure: $18.0M Volume With 16.5% Yes by Jun 30, 2027 vs 8.5% by Dec 31, 2026 (Near-Dated Discount) This is a price-ladder market: each dated "by" line is its own Yes/No contract, so 16.5% on June 30, 2027 is the market's implied chance of the event occurring by that deadline, not a statement about any near-term "settlement." The ladder shows a steep near-term discount -- December 31, 2026 is 8.5% Yes / 91.5% No, while September 30, 2026 is 3.75% Yes / 96.25% No and July 31, 2026 is 0.35% Yes / 99.65% No -- indicating traders see most of the risk, if any, as back-loaded rather than imminent. On activity, total matched volume is about $18.0M, and the snapshot shows June 30, 2027 up to 16.5% from 8.5% on the platform's headline field, even as the historical summary reads bearish with strong momentum and a -4.0 pp move over both 24h and 7d plus reversal_detected. That mix -- wider strike-to-strike dispersion alongside a reversal flag -- fits a market where traders can express "timing uncertainty" more precisely than a single binary contract, without needing to agree on a specific near-term catalyst. Watch whether the curve steepens or flattens: if near-dated lines like December 31, 2026 (8.5% Yes / 91.5% No) catch up toward the June 30, 2027 line (16.5% Yes / 83.5% No), that would signal traders shifting from long-horizon risk to higher near-term conviction ahead of the June 30, 2027 resolution. What Traders Watch Next on Polymarket: Curve Steepening Signals Across Geopolitics, Macro, and Crypto Event Contracts Beyond the ladder dynamics in the main contract, traders often scan adjacent Polymarket boards to see where risk is clustering across related political timelines and broader macro/crypto catalysts. Right now, 56.5% on "Which party will gain most seats in Russian Parliamentary Election?" (United Russia (ER)) on $15,723,587 volume offers a separate read on institutional continuity, while 92.3% on "Oleksandr Syrskyi out as Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief by...?" (December 31) on $251,371 volume shows how firmly the market is leaning on leadership stability in another key seat. Taken together, these contracts can help contextualize whether flows are concentrating in electoral outcomes, personnel turnover, or simply dispersing across independent event risk. Odds Trend By the Numbers * Platform: Polymarket * Market: Putin out as President of Russia by...? * Contract type: Price strike ladder: each rung has separate Yes/No; Yes means the spot price is above that USD strike at settlement. * Resolution window: Jun 30, 2027 (UTC) * Status: Active (open for trading) * Volume: ~$18,038,456 Top strike rungs +1 more strikes not shown
Polymarket: Vance holds 19.85% in 2028 market as Trump stays 1.45%
predict.info -- Premium Domain For Sale Domain only: USD 200,000. Prediction platform technology priced separately. predict.info Polymarket Reprices the 2028 Winner Board After Trump-Iran Headlines, but the Leader Cluster Holds Polymarket's "Presidential Election Winner 2028" contract is still led by JD Vance at 19.85% implied odds on $665.5M matched volume, while the market's read on Donald Trump has moved up to 1.45%. The trigger in the news cycle is renewed attention to Trump's Iran-related attacks, and this piece focuses on how the multi-outcome pricing and recent odds drift map to that catalyst. Key Takeaways * Prediction: JD Vance leads the 2028 winner market at 19.85% (No 80.15%), while Donald Trump is priced at 1.45% (No 98.55%). * Basis: A news cycle tied to Trump's renewed attacks on Iran coincides with traders keeping the top of the board near ~20% while leaving Trump as a long shot in this multi-outcome field. * Timing: The contract resolves on 2028-11-07; recent pricing tone is bearish with -3.95pp over both 24h and 7d, and no reversal detected. A report describes Democrats looking for ways to halt Donald Trump's renewed attacks on Iran. The piece frames the situation as an internal political scramble over how to respond to Trump's latest rhetoric and actions on that issue. Odds, Volume, and Drift: $665.5M Matched as Vance Stays 19.85%, Rubio 13.95%, Newsom 11.75%, Trump 1.45% (‑3.95pp 24h/7d This is a multi-outcome Polymarket contract where each named candidate is its own Yes/No line, so "19.85% for JD Vance" means a 19.85% implied chance he wins the 2028 election (No 80.15%), not a head-to-head versus Trump. The board shows a clear leader cluster rather than a single dominant favorite: Vance at 19.85% (No 80.15%) versus Marco Rubio at 13.95% (No 86.05%) and Gavin Newsom at 11.75% (No 88.25%), with Donald Trump far back at 1.45% (No 98.55%). Despite today's snapshot showing Trump's odds up to 1.45% from 1.45% in the outcome list, the broader market tone in the dataset is soft: the historical summary flags bearish trend, moderate momentum, low volatility, and weakening consensus, with -3.95pp over both 24h and 7d and an average of 18.2 across the last five points versus a 16.4 latest odds reading in the summary. In practice, that combination suggests traders are not converging on a single narrative that reshuffles the top tier; instead, pricing stays relatively stable across the leading names while long-shot outcomes like Trump remain priced with very high "No" probabilities. With $665.5M in matched volume, this contract also illustrates how a continuously traded market can register incremental, probabilistic shifts around fast-moving political catalysts without waiting for a single definitive "event day" until resolution in 2028. Watch whether the market's "weakening consensus" resolves into a cleaner front-runner (Vance/Rubio/Newsom) or whether dispersion persists; any sustained move would show up as coordinated changes across multiple top outcomes rather than a standalone bump in a single long shot like Trump. What Traders Watch Next on Polymarket: Spillover to 2024 Election, Iran/Foreign‑Policy, and Macro‑Risk Contracts Beyond the 2028 winner board, traders often cross-check positioning against adjacent Polymarket lines that can move on different headlines or timelines. In "Republican Presidential Nominee 2028," Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leads at 49.0% on $677,049,419 in volume, while foreign-policy-linked timing is being priced in "US announces end of Iranian blockade by...?" with "August 31" at 44.5% on $535,333. For near-term regime-risk sentiment, "Trump out as President by July 31?" is overwhelmingly "No" at 99.55% on $1,726,142 -- useful context for how traders are separating long-dated electoral probability from short-dated event outcomes. Odds Trend By the Numbers * Platform: Polymarket * Market: Presidential Election Winner 2028 * Contract type: Price strike ladder: each rung has separate Yes/No; Yes means the spot price is above that USD strike at settlement. * Resolution window: Nov 07, 2028 (UTC) * Status: Active (open for trading) * Volume: ~$665,507,342 Top strike rungs +33 more strikes not shown
Polymarket odds for Israel-Iran ceasefire ease to 99.65% after Kuwait claim
Polymarket Ceasefire Ladder Reprices After Iran Missile-Claim Headline Hits the Tape On Polymarket's ceasefire-duration ladder, traders still price extremely high odds that the Israel-Iran ceasefire lasts through the next key dates, even as the front contract eased to 99.65% (down from 99.8%) on $1.05M volume. The move follows a fresh headline about Iran claiming a missile strike on a US base in Kuwait, and the ladder shows where confidence starts to break by late July and mid-August. Key Takeaways * Prediction: The leading strike is "ceasefire continues through July 18?" at 99.65% Yes (0.35% No). * Basis: After a new Iran-related missile-claim headline, the front strike dipped slightly (99.8% to 99.65%), while longer-dated strikes still show a steep confidence drop-off. * Timing: This ladder market resolves by 2026-08-31 23:59 UTC, with odds implying much lower confidence by August 15 (49% Yes) and August 31 (39.5% Yes). A single headline catalyst hit the tape: Iran said it targeted a US base in Kuwait with missiles. The report was framed as an Iran statement and became a near-term trigger for how ceasefire-risk is being priced in continuously traded prediction markets. Odds Curve Breakdown: $1.05M Volume, 99.65% Yes on July 18 vs 49% by Aug 15 and 39.5% by Aug 31 This is a price-ladder market, meaning each row is its own Yes/No contract for whether the ceasefire is still in place through that specific date, not a single contract that "settles at" a date. Even after the small downtick to 99.65% on the July 18 strike (99.65% Yes / 0.35% No), the curve shows traders assigning rising tail risk as the horizon extends: July 22 sits at 94% Yes / 6% No, July 31 at 67.5% Yes / 32.5% No, and August 15 flips to a near coin toss at 49% Yes / 51% No (with August 31 at 39.5% Yes / 60.5% No). The market's $1.05M volume suggests sustained two-sided interest, but the ladder shape implies consensus on near-term continuity while disagreement concentrates in late-July to mid-August. The historical summary also points to strengthening consensus with low volatility and a +3.55pp move over both 24h and 7d, indicating that recent trading has generally pushed probabilities higher even if the very front strike just softened by 0.15pp. Watch whether the ladder's inflection points shift: if headline risk persists, the first place it should show up is a lower July 25 (80% Yes) and July 31 (67.5% Yes) rather than the already-near-certain July 18/July 20 strikes; also monitor whether August 15 stays near 50/50 as the market approaches the 2026-08-31 resolution window. Cross-Contract Watchlist: How Ceasefire Tail Risk Can Spill Into Polymarket Macro and Crypto Volatility Markets Zooming out from the ceasefire ladder itself, Polymarket traders are also watching adjacent contracts that can reprice macro and crypto vol in a hurry as headlines hit. 73.5% No on "Will the U.S. invade Iran before 2027?" ($45.72M volume) and 98.65% No on "Strait of Hormuz traffic returns to normal by July 31?" ($18.85M) function as fast-moving risk gauges, while the timeline-oriented "US x Iran Effective Ceasefire by...? (2 week pause)" sits at 53.5% for August 31 ($1.63M). For a more operational read-through, "Iran full airspace closure by...?" has August 31 at 49.5% ($4.97M), offering another venue where traders can express tail-risk views when the main ceasefire curve feels too binary. Odds Trend By the Numbers * Platform: Polymarket * Market: Israel x Iran ceasefire continues through...? * Contract type: Price strike ladder: each rung has separate Yes/No; Yes means the spot price is above that USD strike at settlement. * Resolution window: Aug 31, 2026 (UTC) * Status: Active (open for trading) * Volume: ~$1,053,984 Top strike rungs +3 more strikes not shown
Anthropic's landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved
Anthropic can finally start cutting checks to a group of authors and book publishers that sued the AI lab over copyright infringement. A federal judge gave final approval Monday of Anthropic's landmark $1.5 billion settlement of a class action copyright lawsuit, Reuters reported. Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a preliminary approval of the settlement last year, after ruling that Anthropic had illegally downloaded and stored millions of copyrighted books. Alsup has since retired and Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin signed off on the settlement on Monday. The payout will deliver $3,000 per work across an estimated 500,000 works, shared among the authors and publishers who hold rights to them. While the settlement is believed to be the largest in the history of U.S. copyright law, many authors and creators still don't view it as a win. That's because of how the legal question was resolved. Alsup sided with Anthropic on the core issue. He ruled that training an AI model on copyrighted text counts as fair use -- a decision widely seen as a turning point for the AI industry. But the ruling didn't excuse how Anthropic obtained the books in the first place. Anthropic had built its training library from two sources: books it purchased and scanned (fine), and books it downloaded from pirate sites like Library Genesis and Pirate Library Mirror. Alsup found the second method illegal on its own terms and said that piracy question could go to trial; Anthropic agreed to a settlement soon after to avoid a trial and whatever damages a jury might have awarded. While the final approval closes out this case, it doesn't settle the legal question industry-wide because Alsup's ruling was a single district court decision, and Anthropic's decision to settle means the case will never reach an appeals court to become binding precedent. Other judges are still free to reach their own conclusions on their own facts, which is exactly what's playing out elsewhere. There is still a string of copyright lawsuits against companies such as Google, Meta, Midjourney, and OpenAI over whether it's legal to train AI models on copyrighted works. Just last week, a group of publishers and authors, including Hachette, Cengage, Elsevier, author Scott Turow, and S.C.R.I.B.E. filed a class action lawsuit against Google over accusations that the company used their copyrighted works to train its AI platform, Gemini.
Q3 2026 Anthropic Is Winning on Value, Not Price - PitchBook
The market is pricing tokens, but it should be pricing work Frontier token prices collapsed in July, and the coverage has the story backwards. Buyers do not purchase tokens; they purchase completed tasks, and once you price the work rather than the tokens, the ranking inverts. The near-priciest model on the sheet becomes the cheapest to run, and the models winning the price-cut headlines become the most expensive way to get an agentic job done. The best model for the money is currently Claude Opus 4.8, but Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro, a frontier model at a fraction of the price, closes the gap to a whisker. This note shows why, and it argues that the price war is a trap that transfers the appearance of savings to the buyer and the real cost of failure right back to them.
Anthropic's landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved
Anthropic can finally start cutting checks to a group of authors and book publishers that sued the AI lab over copyright infringement. A federal judge gave final approval Monday of Anthropic's landmark $1.5 billion settlement of a class action copyright lawsuit, Reuters reported. Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a preliminary approval of the settlement last year, after ruling that Anthropic had illegally downloaded and stored millions of copyrighted books. Alsup has since retired and Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin signed off on the settlement on Monday. The payout will deliver $3,000 per work across an estimated 500,000 works, shared among the authors and publishers who hold rights to them. While the settlement is believed to be the largest in the history of U.S. copyright law, many authors and creators still don't view it as a win. That's because of how the legal question was resolved. Alsup sided with Anthropic on the core issue. He ruled that training an AI model on copyrighted text counts as fair use -- a decision widely seen as a turning point for the AI industry. But the ruling didn't excuse how Anthropic obtained the books in the first place. Anthropic had built its training library from two sources: books it purchased and scanned (fine), and books it downloaded from pirate sites like Library Genesis and Pirate Library Mirror. Alsup found that second method illegal on its own terms and said that piracy question could go to trial; Anthropic agreed to a settlement soon after to avoid a trial and whatever damages a jury might have awarded. While the final approval closes out this case, it doesn't settle the legal question industry-wide because Alsup's ruling was a single district court decision, and Anthropic's decision to settle means the case will never reach an appeals court to become binding precedent. Other judges are still free to reach their own conclusions on their own facts, which is exactly what's playing out elsewhere. There is still a string of copyright lawsuits against companies such as Google, Meta, Midjourney, and OpenAI over whether it's legal to train AI models on copyrighted works. Just last week, a group of publishers and authors, including Hachette, Cengage, Elsevier, author Scott Turow, and S.C.R.I.B.E. filed a class action lawsuit against Google over accusations that the company used their copyrighted works to train its AI platform, Gemini.
Nozomi Networks Joins Anthropic's Project Glasswing | iTWire
Nozomi Networks is joining Anthropic's Project Glasswing to bring AI-driven vulnerability discovery to operational technology (OT), Internet of Things (IoT) and cyber-physical systems (CPS). AI models like Mythos are on track to fundamentally change how vulnerabilities are identified. They can help defenders find risks faster and at greater scale. Project Glasswing brings together providers of critical infrastructure and software to apply these capabilities defensively, helping identify and mitigate vulnerabilities before they can be exploited, and secure critical software infrastructure. Nozomi Networks is working alongside peers, partners, and customers to help address the unique cybersecurity challenges and requirements of critical infrastructure environments. Operational and critical infrastructure environments face unique constraints, including long lifecycles, patching limitations, and direct physical consequences from cyber incidents. Recognising this, critical infrastructure sectors are a core piece of Project Glasswing. OT and IoT cybersecurity expertise are important contributions to Project Glasswing and ensuring advanced, AI-driven vulnerability discovery is applied to real-world environments. Through Project Glasswing, Nozomi Networks will: * Apply advanced AI models to OT & IoT-focused vulnerability discovery in our own platform * Contribute insights to Anthropic's collaborative research * Share findings with the broader cybersecurity community AI is Strengthening Security for Critical Infrastructure Project Glasswing reflects a broader shift: AI is accelerating vulnerability discovery and raising the stakes for both aggressors and defenders. Anthropic understands that collaboration among technology providers, infrastructure operators, and security experts is essential to keep pace with evolving threats and to ensure these capabilities are used safely and effectively. By joining Project Glasswing, Nozomi Networks is helping ensure that the unique requirements of OT and CPS environments are fully represented in the next phase of cybersecurity.
Nozomi Networks joins Anthropic's Project Glasswing - Enterprise IT News
Nozomi Networks is joining Anthropic's Project Glasswing to bring AI-driven vulnerability discovery to operational technology (OT), Internet of Things (IoT) and cyber-physical systems (CPS). AI models like Mythos are on track to fundamentally change how vulnerabilities are identified. They can help defenders find risks faster and at greater scale. Project Glasswing brings together providers of critical infrastructure and software to apply these capabilities defensively, helping identify and mitigate vulnerabilities before they can be exploited, and secure critical software infrastructure. Nozomi Networks is working alongside peers, partners, and customers to help address the unique cybersecurity challenges and requirements of critical infrastructure environments. Operational and critical infrastructure environments face unique constraints, including long lifecycles, patching limitations, and direct physical consequences from cyber incidents. Recognising this, critical infrastructure sectors are a core piece of Project Glasswing. OT and IoT cybersecurity expertise are important contributions to Project Glasswing and ensuring advanced, AI-driven vulnerability discovery is applied to real-world environments. Through Project Glasswing, Nozomi Networks will: * Apply advanced AI models to OT & IoT-focused vulnerability discovery in our own platform * Contribute insights to Anthropic's collaborative research * Share findings with the broader cybersecurity community AI is Strengthening Security for Critical Infrastructure Project Glasswing reflects a broader shift: AI is accelerating vulnerability discovery and raising the stakes for both aggressors and defenders. Anthropic understands that collaboration among technology providers, infrastructure operators, and security experts is essential to keep pace with evolving threats and to ensure these capabilities are used safely and effectively. By joining Project Glasswing, Nozomi Networks is helping ensure that the unique requirements of OT and CPS environments are fully represented in the next phase of cybersecurity. ## About Nozomi Networks: Named the company to beat for AI in CPS Security in Gartner's AI Vendor Race, Nozomi Networks brings more than a decade of experience securing OT, IoT, and CPS environments. Nozomi Networks has been building and training our AI engine in-house since 2013, refining it based on insights from thousands of real-world OT and IoT environments. We use a variety of AI and machine learning (ML) models, including Claude, throughout our Vantage platform and Vantage IQ™ - the world's first private, company-trained AI assistant for OT/IoT security teams.
Meta Reportedly In Talks With Anthropic Over a $10 Billion AI Deal
Meta is reportedly in talks to lease computing power to Anthropic in a deal worth as much as $10 billion over two years, according to the New York Times. The arrangement would open a new business line for Meta while easing Anthropic's desperate hunt for compute. Inside the Reported Meta and Anthropic Compute Deal Computing power, or compute, refers to the data center capacity used to train and run artificial intelligence models. The Anthropic proposal, first announced in June, would let the startup rent Meta's excess infrastructure rather than build its own facilities. According to the NTY, Anthropic would pay Meta in monthly installments over the two-year period, with an early-exit clause available to either party. The scale still looks modest by industry standards. The proposal runs about a third of the deal Anthropic signed with Elon Musk's SpaceX in May. Follow us on X to get the latest news as it happens. Under that agreement, the AI firm pays roughly $1.25 billion monthly, or $45 billion over three years, for computing power. Similar early-exit provisions reportedly applied to that larger contract as well. The talks remain in early stages and may still collapse before closing. Both Anthropic and Meta declined to comment on the reported negotiations. The context explains the urgency. Leading AI companies are racing to secure compute, while Meta, Google, and Microsoft pour hundreds of billions into new data centers worldwide. That construction boom has unsettled Wall Street. Investors increasingly question whether such extraordinary levels of spending can ever be justified by real returns. "Anthropic needs a lot of compute, and Meta has a lot of compute. Anthropic has really good models. Meta, until very recently, didn't have very good models, and now they have, you know, I would say an A-minus to B-tier frontier model," MTS's Theo Jaffee said. Why Would Meta Rent Compute to a Direct Rival For Meta, a potential deal would carry unusual weight. It could create fresh revenue and ease pressure from shareholders skeptical of the company's aggressive infrastructure budget. Mark Zuckerberg has said Meta will spend as much as $145 billion this year, most of it on AI. That figure more than doubles the $72 billion spent the previous year. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch leaders and journalists provide expert insights. Doubts about Meta's own models add another layer. The company has admitted it might build more data centers than its AI products currently require. Selling that surplus offers an obvious fix. Zuckerberg hinted on a May investor call that outside firms regularly ask to buy compute at a premium.
SpaceX moves Starship launch attempt to Thursday
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, July 23, for another attempt to launch its Starship rocket, the company said in a statement on Sunday. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk initially posted on X that the next Starship launch would occur on Friday. He later replied to that post, saying, "I mean Thursday," aligning with the company's earlier statement. On July 16, SpaceX's Starship rocket triggered a last-second abort before liftoff for its 13th flight test from Texas, which erased about $100 billion from the company's market value. SpaceX said it has modified Starship's propulsion system to address the engine issue experienced on the previous flight. A launch delay for the $15 billion rocket development program better known for dramatic engineering feats and explosive testing failures is not uncommon. Last Friday, SpaceX said it would attempt the launch on July 20. The company has launched 12 Starship test flights since 2023. On its 13th flight test, Starship will carry 20 Starlink satellites to demonstrate its satellite-dispensing system and the Starlink network's laser communication links, but those satellites will follow the ship's suborbital trajectory and burn up in Earth's atmosphere soon after deployment. In its prospectus, SpaceX said that it aims to launch the first Starlink satellites to orbit on Starship by year's end, followed by routine launches. (Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Matthew Lewis and Sherry Jacob-Phillips) Copyright Reuters or USA Today Network via Reuters Connect This story was originally published July 19, 2026 at 9:19 PM.
SpaceX moves Starship launch attempt to Thursday
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, July 23, for another attempt to launch its Starship rocket, the company said in a statement on Sunday. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk initially posted on X that the next Starship launch would occur on Friday. He later replied to that post, saying, "I mean Thursday," aligning with the company's earlier statement. On July 16, SpaceX's Starship rocket triggered a last-second abort before liftoff for its 13th flight test from Texas, which erased about $100 billion from the company's market value. SpaceX said it has modified Starship's propulsion system to address the engine issue experienced on the previous flight. A launch delay for the $15 billion rocket development program better known for dramatic engineering feats and explosive testing failures is not uncommon. Last Friday, SpaceX said it would attempt the launch on July 20. The company has launched 12 Starship test flights since 2023. On its 13th flight test, Starship will carry 20 Starlink satellites to demonstrate its satellite-dispensing system and the Starlink network's laser communication links, but those satellites will follow the ship's suborbital trajectory and burn up in Earth's atmosphere soon after deployment. In its prospectus, SpaceX said that it aims to launch the first Starlink satellites to orbit on Starship by year's end, followed by routine launches. (Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Matthew Lewis and Sherry Jacob-Phillips) Copyright Reuters or USA Today Network via Reuters Connect This story was originally published July 19, 2026 at 7:19 PM.
SpaceX moves Starship launch attempt to Thursday
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, July 23, for another attempt to launch its Starship rocket, the company said in a statement on Sunday. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk initially posted on X that the next Starship launch would occur on Friday. He later replied to that post, saying, "I mean Thursday," aligning with the company's earlier statement. On July 16, SpaceX's Starship rocket triggered a last-second abort before liftoff for its 13th flight test from Texas, which erased about $100 billion from the company's market value. SpaceX said it has modified Starship's propulsion system to address the engine issue experienced on the previous flight. A launch delay for the $15 billion rocket development program better known for dramatic engineering feats and explosive testing failures is not uncommon. Last Friday, SpaceX said it would attempt the launch on July 20. The company has launched 12 Starship test flights since 2023. On its 13th flight test, Starship will carry 20 Starlink satellites to demonstrate its satellite-dispensing system and the Starlink network's laser communication links, but those satellites will follow the ship's suborbital trajectory and burn up in Earth's atmosphere soon after deployment. In its prospectus, SpaceX said that it aims to launch the first Starlink satellites to orbit on Starship by year's end, followed by routine launches. (Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Matthew Lewis and Sherry Jacob-Phillips) Copyright Reuters or USA Today Network via Reuters Connect This story was originally published July 19, 2026 at 8:19 PM.
SpaceX moves Starship launch attempt to Thursday
July 19 (Reuters) - SpaceX is targeting Thursday, July 23, for another attempt to launch its Starship rocket, the company said in a statement on Sunday. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk initially posted on X that the next Starship launch would occur on Friday. He later replied to that post, saying, "I mean Thursday," aligning with the company's earlier statement. On July 16, SpaceX's Starship rocket triggered a last-second abort before liftoff for its 13th flight test from Texas, which erased about $100 billion from the company's market value. SpaceX said it has modified Starship's propulsion system to address the engine issue experienced on the previous flight. A launch delay for the $15 billion rocket development program better known for dramatic engineering feats and explosive testing failures is not uncommon. Last Friday, SpaceX said it would attempt the launch on July 20. The company has launched 12 Starship test flights since 2023. On its 13th flight test, Starship will carry 20 Starlink satellites to demonstrate its satellite-dispensing system and the Starlink network's laser communication links, but those satellites will follow the ship's suborbital trajectory and burn up in Earth's atmosphere soon after deployment. In its prospectus, SpaceX said that it aims to launch the first Starlink satellites to orbit on Starship by year's end, followed by routine launches. (Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Matthew Lewis and Sherry Jacob-Phillips)
SpaceX moves Starship launch attempt to Thursday
July 19 (Reuters) - SpaceX is targeting Thursday, July 23, for another attempt to launch its Starship rocket, the company said in a statement on Sunday. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk initially posted on X that the next Starship launch would occur on Friday. He later replied to that post, saying, "I mean Thursday," aligning with the company's earlier statement. On July 16, SpaceX's Starship rocket triggered a last-second abort before liftoff for its 13th flight test from Texas, which erased about $100 billion from the company's market value. SpaceX said it has modified Starship's propulsion system to address the engine issue experienced on the previous flight. A launch delay for the $15 billion rocket development program better known for dramatic engineering feats and explosive testing failures is not uncommon. Last Friday, SpaceX said it would attempt the launch on July 20. The company has launched 12 Starship test flights since 2023. On its 13th flight test, Starship will carry 20 Starlink satellites to demonstrate its satellite-dispensing system and the Starlink network's laser communication links, but those satellites will follow the ship's suborbital trajectory and burn up in Earth's atmosphere soon after deployment. In its prospectus, SpaceX said that it aims to launch the first Starlink satellites to orbit on Starship by year's end, followed by routine launches. (Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Matthew Lewis and Sherry Jacob-Phillips)
SpaceX moves Starship launch attempt to Thursday
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, July 23, for another attempt to launch its Starship rocket, the company said in a statement on Sunday. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk initially posted on X that the next Starship launch would occur on Friday. He later replied to that post, saying, "I mean Thursday," aligning with the company's earlier statement. On July 16, SpaceX's Starship rocket triggered a last-second abort before liftoff for its 13th flight test from Texas, which erased about $100 billion from the company's market value. SpaceX said it has modified Starship's propulsion system to address the engine issue experienced on the previous flight. A launch delay for the $15 billion rocket development program better known for dramatic engineering feats and explosive testing failures is not uncommon. Last Friday, SpaceX said it would attempt the launch on July 20. The company has launched 12 Starship test flights since 2023. On its 13th flight test, Starship will carry 20 Starlink satellites to demonstrate its satellite-dispensing system and the Starlink network's laser communication links, but those satellites will follow the ship's suborbital trajectory and burn up in Earth's atmosphere soon after deployment. In its prospectus, SpaceX said that it aims to launch the first Starlink satellites to orbit on Starship by year's end, followed by routine launches. (Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Matthew Lewis and Sherry Jacob-Phillips) Copyright Reuters or USA Today Network via Reuters Connect This story was originally published July 19, 2026 at 6:19 PM.
SpaceX moves Starship launch attempt to Thursday
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, July 23, for another attempt to launch its Starship rocket, the company said in a statement on Sunday. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk initially posted on X that the next Starship launch would occur on Friday. He later replied to that post, saying, "I mean Thursday," aligning with the company's earlier statement. On July 16, SpaceX's Starship rocket triggered a last-second abort before liftoff for its 13th flight test from Texas, which erased about $100 billion from the company's market value. SpaceX said it has modified Starship's propulsion system to address the engine issue experienced on the previous flight. A launch delay for the $15 billion rocket development program better known for dramatic engineering feats and explosive testing failures is not uncommon. Last Friday, SpaceX said it would attempt the launch on July 20. The company has launched 12 Starship test flights since 2023. On its 13th flight test, Starship will carry 20 Starlink satellites to demonstrate its satellite-dispensing system and the Starlink network's laser communication links, but those satellites will follow the ship's suborbital trajectory and burn up in Earth's atmosphere soon after deployment. In its prospectus, SpaceX said that it aims to launch the first Starlink satellites to orbit on Starship by year's end, followed by routine launches. (Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Matthew Lewis and Sherry Jacob-Phillips) Copyright Reuters or USA Today Network via Reuters Connect This story was originally published July 19, 2026 at 9:19 PM.
SpaceX reschedules 13th Starship test flight to Thursday
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) - SpaceX has announced it has rescheduled its thirteenth Starship test flight for the second time. The launch window has been moved to 5:45 p.m. Thursday, July 23, from Starbase. The thirteenth Starship test flight will be the second flight test of 2026. Last week's scheduled launch was aborted just seconds before the Starship lifted off. As previously reported on ValleyCentral, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced that some of the engines failed to start. SpaceX originally rescheduled the launch for Monday afternoon and then moved the date again to Thursday. According to Starbase, the thirteenth Starship test flight aims to accomplish goals similar to those of the previous flight test, which included the debut of the third-generation Starship and Super Heavy vehicles. In addition to completing similar objectives, the flight will also carry the next-generation Starlink V3 satellites for the first time. A live webcast of the flight test will be available for viewers to watch approximately 30 minutes before takeoff on the SpaceX website.
SpaceX $52B Nvidia server order claim lacks verification
A social media claim by @AndrewCurran_ suggests that SpaceX has ordered $52 billion worth of NVIDIA GB300-based AI servers from Foxconn. This unverified report appears to have sparked discussions around the potential impact on NVIDIA's market valuation. The claim, however, lacks confirmation from any official or verified sources and seems to conflate previous deals involving SpaceX, such as its known $6.3 billion computing agreement with Reflection AI and a $920 million per month GPU arrangement with Google. NVIDIA's GB300 systems are already recognized for their advanced AI capabilities, and Foxconn is confirmed as a major supplier of these systems, with shipments having begun in late 2025. Key Takeaways * The reported $52 billion order by SpaceX from Foxconn appears to have caught the attention of market participants, despite lacking verification. * NVIDIA's market prospects could be positively influenced by such demand, as indicated by current speculation. * The claim suggests heightened interest in NVIDIA's GB300 system capabilities, even though no official confirmation of the transaction exists. What to Watch Market participants are likely to monitor further announcements from NVIDIA or SpaceX that could confirm or refute this claim. Any official statements or financial disclosures will be crucial in assessing the credibility of the reported order. The ongoing activity could also be influenced by NVIDIA's upcoming quarterly earnings report, which may provide insights into their data center revenue and demand for AI systems. Get live prediction-market analysis, powered by Vera. Sign up for Vera.
SpaceX's blow-it-up testing won't fly on starship
SpaceX's willingness to blow stuff up and learn from the failures has propelled it from a cash-strapped startup to one of the world's most valuable companies (and kick-started a commercial space revolution along the way). The development of the Falcon 9 rocket was achieved over a relatively short period in space-industry time. That success was built on SpaceX's willingness to test, fail and repeat rapidly. The Falcon 1 rocket failed three times before reaching orbit on the fourth try in 2008 just before Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk's money ran out. SpaceX blew up a couple of rockets on the way to Falcon 9 reaching orbit, while Musk helped popularize the phrase "rapid unscheduled disassembly." This unique engineer-led culture is a reason that buy-side analysts have justified valuations for Musk's space venture that are, well, out of this world. SpaceX is adept at building complicated hardware and manufacturing almost all components in-house.
