SpaceX’s Capital Needs Are Out of This World
Elon Musk’s SpaceX needed comparatively little money to build a world-beating space launch and satellite-broadband firm. But as it reframes itself partly as an artificial-intelligence infrastructure company — offering both terrestrial and potentially space-based computing capacity — its financial needs are massively increasing. This doesn’t bode well for a mooted $1.8 trillion valuation in its initial public offering.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX needed comparatively little money to build a world-beating space launch and satellite-broadband firm. But as it reframes itself partly as an artificial-intelligence infrastructure company — offering both terrestrial and potentially... [552 chars]
Published by: Bloomberg
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