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SpaceX, xAI merger valued at $1.25T. Could it IPO before OpenAI?

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SpaceX, xAI merger valued at $1.25T. Could it IPO before OpenAI? Elon Musk has confirmed that his private space company SpaceX (SPAX.PVT) will merge with his private AI developer xAI (XAAI.PVT) ahead of SpaceX's IPO planned later this year…
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  • Anthropic is already doing more revenue in the enterprise space than OpenAI

    80% confidence
  • Elon Musk was late to the AI game compared to Anthropic and OpenAI

    80% confidence
  • OpenAI does not have everything together to file for IPO soon

    80% confidence
  • Anthropic will overtake OpenAI in revenue over the next couple of years

    80% confidence
  • SpaceX will merge with xAI ahead of SpaceX's IPO planned later this year

    80% confidence
  • Building a data center in space costs a lot but the investment pays back in 3-4 years due to 24-hour solar energy and efficient cooling

    80% confidence
  • The June 2025 IPO date may no longer be viable due to the merger complexity

    80% confidence
  • Anthropic will probably IPO before OpenAI

    80% confidence
  • Smart institutional money is rotating out of the Mag Seven stocks into new AI companies

    80% confidence
  • SpaceX, Anthropic, and Databricks will grow substantially over 3-5 years unlike any other public company trading today

    80% confidence
  • AI will generate many new businesses similar to how Uber and DoorDash emerged from the smartphone platform

    80% confidence
  • SpaceX would go public by June 2025

    80% confidence
  • xAI will see a big revenue ramp in 2026 into 2027

    80% confidence
  • SpaceX will definitely go public before OpenAI

    80% confidence
  • If anyone can build data centers in space, Elon Musk would be the first to do it

    80% confidence

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