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pat_k

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6. If it were just starlink w/o musk, maybe, but xAI and space biz are gigantic losers.

Reply to rampartd (Reply #4)

Thu Jun 11, 2026, 05:25 PM

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Even at that, I'm sure they would be going for obscenely over-inflated valuations

Operating losses -- particularly of xAI -- swamp starlink operating income.

Just another way to pump up the AI bubble to bursting by burying xAI under the SpaceX "brand."

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