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He has had many failures, SolarCity and xAI and X and DOGE to name a few, but he has often bailed them out with his larger ventures. Even with his successes (T
by thereitgoes456 13d ago
He has had many failures, SolarCity and xAI and X and DOGE to name a few, but he has often bailed them out with his larger ventures.
Even with his successes (Tesla, SpaceX) he has built them up in large part by bending levers of government to his advantage.
- voidfunc 13d ago> Even with his successes (Tesla, SpaceX) he has built them up in large part by bending levers of government to his advantage. So what? Thats called being a maverick. He is very very good at executing on making money which is the point of business.
- andsoitis 13d ago> He is very very good at executing on making money which is the point of business. Also pushing technology forward.
- redox99 13d agoxAI is the most profitable part of SpaceX by far.
- blisterpeanuts 13d agoAbout half of SpaceX revenue is Starlink subscriptions. Starlink is the one profitable division; the rest of the company operates at a loss, including xAI.
- redox99 13d agoThat's outdated and doesn't fully include the multiple billion per month contracts. Anthropic: 1.25B/month Google: 0.92B/month Unnamed customer starting in december: 1.1B/month Starlink monthly revenue is ~1.5B/month
- chris_money202 13d agoIsn't this to rent the datacenters though? That's not really long term revenue if xAI will eventually need them back.
- redox99 13d agoRenting datacenters is their mission, now on earth and later in space (assuming they deliver).
- sssilver 13d agoI take issue with your use of the word "bend" here. Can you provide specific examples of where Elon has bent the levers of government?
- brandonagr2 13d agoWhat failed with X? Usage today is higher than ever
- nozzlegear 13d agoBrand reputation; ROI; grok the sexual harassment bot; grok the CSAM bot; his free speech absolutism position. Take your pick.