Elon Musk repeatedly one-upped his execs on SpaceX’s first earnings call
What's happening
SpaceX reported its first quarterly earnings since going public, saying AI-related revenue jumped more than threefold to $2.6 billion as the company rented compute to other AI firms and closed big deals including with Anthropic and Google, helping total revenue roughly double year over year. The company also disclosed heavy AI-related capital spending, with quarterly capex climbing to $18.4 billion, and noted purchases like $329 million of Tesla Megapacks for xAI data centers. On the earnings call, Elon Musk repeatedly corrected and amplified promises made by CFO Bret Johnsen and president Gwynne Shotwell, which unnerved investors and contributed to a slide in pre-market trading.
Why it's trending
Investors and the market are reacting to a surprising pivot: SpaceX is now generating huge revenue from AI compute while burning billions on AI infrastructure, and Musk escalated the company's public messaging on the call.
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If SpaceX is 'barely space and mostly X,' why is Elon Musk treating an earnings call like a product launch for xAI compute and Megapacks instead of letting his CFO do the math?
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- SpaceX is barely Space and mostly X
Once, I had some questions about why SpaceX, Elon Musk's healthiest company, acquired xAI, his sickliest one. Now I have some questions about why we're calling the whole thing SpaceX. Look, what we have here, by revenue, is primarily a telecom company and a company that rents compute, according to SpaceX's first quarterly earnings statement […]
The Verge AIAug 5 - SpaceX revenue rockets while AI spending burns billions
Investors balk as quarterly capex climbs to $18.4B
The RegisterAug 5 - SpaceX spooks investors with debut earnings report
Shares slide in pre-market trading even as group says its quarterly revenues nearly doubled.
Ars Technica AIAug 5
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