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Patrick Boyle

πŸ‘€ Speaker
647 total appearances

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Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

I don't know if you noticed that Elon Musk will get, I think, 85% of the voting shares.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

He doesn't like, as we know, shareholder lawsuits.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

And so that has to go to arbitration.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

So essentially, if you're buying like this, this is very much an IPO for the Elon Musk fan.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

Like you're not necessarily that worried about profitability.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

You know, it's sort of, you know, it's what it used to be sort of rockets.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

Now it's rockets, Twitter, AI in space, you know, space manufacturing, transportation by rockets and asteroid mining.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

Not all of these businesses are functioning at the moment.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

Even if you look at the Starship thing, the Starship, they're talking about, what is it?

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

Sorry, I've got the numbers down here.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

Basically, they're talking about hourly launches of starships in order to get, I think, something like a million tons of stuff into space per year.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

At the moment, you know, I think the next starship test is tomorrow.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

It's never gone into orbit.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

It's never carried any cargo.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

I think it's going to carry some dummy SpaceX satellites tomorrow.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

But this is very much a vibes-based IPO.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

It's for people who are excited about Elon Musk.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

It's not really for people who are going to scrub through the numbers and ask questions about profitability.

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

And I think that's per quarter, isn't it, that loss?

Prof G Markets
SpaceX Just Filed to IPO β€” The Numbers Are Ugly

That's the quarterly number.