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@Tallish_Tom@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

#spacex #ai

Is the Spacex/xAI merger and IPO with datacenters in space a massive IPO scam? Elon has to know that his space launch lead is going to get eroded over the next 2 years as other players get into the market and he has to know that the business case for xAi in a crowded market is not stellar. So he could sit on the starlink cash cow and throw money at Starship or...

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@Tallish_Tom@mastodon.scot replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

Musk could use the presssure of febrile "gotta win with AI" market along with a lot of "SpaceX has the skillz" handwavium to do the biggest IPO in history at the peak of the AI hype selling datacenters in space.

That way he still sits on the cash cow, has a LOT more money to throw at Starship. It won't be his fault that the AI market collapses and datacentres in space turn up 10/15/20 years later than planned. At least they tried.

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