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Neuralink's first patient was turned into a kind of Cronenberg-esque horror. xAI claims to have a first-tier AI but has no revenue, not that anyone else has eno

by Zigurd 1y ago

Neuralink's first patient was turned into a kind of Cronenberg-esque horror. xAI claims to have a first-tier AI but has no revenue, not that anyone else has enough revenue to make back the over-investment. National security launches are probably cash flow positive on an individual launch basis. But Starship has been a predictable disaster. It's not plausible that SpaceX as a whole is profitable and evidence for that is in that they require big new investments every year. Tesla is a particularly tragic story. The vertical integration they had to do because of unavailability of suitable suppliers and car industry corruption and supply chain cartels is an under-appreciated success. Throwing that and all the other goodwill away by going mask off fascist is an amazing act of brand destruction.

DoesntMatter22 1y ago
The first patient is now using it nearly 10 hours a day and says that Neurolink has changed his life and is now able to do things he could only imagine doing before. https://x.com/ModdedQuad/status/1953274433025786031 https://x.com/ModdedQuad/status/1953274433025786031 You don't know what sort of revenue xAI has because it's not public. Starship is the largest, highest capacity reusable rocket in history, something which no government or company has even attempted. Predictably of course it will take time to get it right. Do you know how many Rockets the US blew up before it got things working? Most, if not all SpaceX launches are likely profitable, as they are now putting up most of the world's payloads. Starlink is now profitable as well. It's unlikely they are losing money outside of Starship, but that's how companies work, they invest in the future. Tesla hasn't been hurt nearly as much as you think. They still have the #1 and #2 best selling cars in Euro pe. https://cleantechnica.com/2025/08/02/europe-ev-sales-report-tesla-has-1-plus-2-win-in-a-29-ev-share-market/ https://cleantechnica.com/2025/08/02/europe-ev-sales-report-...

by Zigurd 1y ago

DoesntMatter22 1y ago

The first patient is now using it nearly 10 hours a day and says that Neurolink has changed his life and is now able to do things he could only imagine doing before. https://x.com/ModdedQuad/status/1953274433025786031 https://x.com/ModdedQuad/status/1953274433025786031 You don't know what sort of revenue xAI has because it's not public. Starship is the largest, highest capacity reusable rocket in history, something which no government or company has even attempted. Predictably of course it will take time to get it right. Do you know how many Rockets the US blew up before it got things working? Most, if not all SpaceX launches are likely profitable, as they are now putting up most of the world's payloads. Starlink is now profitable as well. It's unlikely they are losing money outside of Starship, but that's how companies work, they invest in the future. Tesla hasn't been hurt nearly as much as you think. They still have the #1 and #2 best selling cars in Euro pe. https://cleantechnica.com/2025/08/02/europe-ev-sales-report-tesla-has-1-plus-2-win-in-a-29-ev-share-market/ https://cleantechnica.com/2025/08/02/europe-ev-sales-report-...