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SpaceX

aerospace/space
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A private (now publicly listed) aerospace manufacturer and launch services company that completed a large IPO, creating public market valuations for early investors.

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Elon Musk

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Elon Musk

CEO

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Exclusive: Saudi AI firm HUMAIN to launch giant global VC fund this year
funding
27 days ago

Exclusive: Saudi AI firm HUMAIN to launch giant global VC fund this year

Saudi state-backed AI firm HUMAIN, chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and led by CEO Tareq Amin, plans to launch a very large global VC fund this year to accelerate frontier AI investments and tie them to compute commitments in Saudi data centers. HUMAIN has made a high-profile $3 billion investment in Elon Musk’s xAI and is expanding data center capacity and security amid regional tensions.

30 Starship flights per day: What is Elon Musk planning to do with SpaceX's new base in Louisiana?- Moneycontrol.com
tech
about 1 month ago

30 Starship flights per day: What is Elon Musk planning to do with SpaceX's new base in Louisiana?- Moneycontrol.com

SpaceX announced plans for a massive Starbase Louisiana in Vermilion Parish to support rapid, repeated Starship launches — potentially more than 30 flights per day — with construction slated to begin in 2027 and first launch targeted for 2029.

How Google's parent Alphabet turned into the biggest profitable shareholder after SpaceX's IPO
funding
about 2 months ago

How Google's parent Alphabet turned into the biggest profitable shareholder after SpaceX's IPO

Alphabet’s 2015 $900M bet in SpaceX turned into a roughly $94B stake after SpaceX’s IPO, making Alphabet the largest profitable institutional holder; other major institutional holders include Fidelity, Gigafund and Saudi Arabia’s PIF.

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