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14 stories in the last two weeks

Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros / SemiAnalysis ·

Meta could use its compute for its own models, ad scaling, SpaceX-like neocloud deals, and hosting 3rd-party models; it may be close to an Anthropic deal

Zuck Takes Plan B? SpaceX 2.0, Bedrock 2.0, MSL Isn't Giving Up, Scaling RecSys by 10x... ClusterMAX ranking coming soon?

Wall Street Journal ·

How Jeff Bezos' changing relationship with President Trump has helped Amazon and Blue Origin, such as more federal contracts awarded during Trump's second term

Space company has booked rapid growth under this administration, after founder spent president's first term being 'hated'

Thomas Ricker / The Verge ·

Amazon says Leo now has 396 satellites in low-Earth orbit, following a July 1 launch, which is "enough to support continuous service across initial latitudes"

Early adopters of Amazon Leo should temper expectations. … Amazon says it now has enough satellites operating …

Wall Street Journal ·

SpaceX showed investors a handset-like device prototype with AI tech from xAI, a proprietary OS, a Snapdragon chip, and a design slimmer than an iPhone

The sleek, handset-like prototype was designed to integrate AI technology from SpaceX's xAI

Carmen Arroyo / Bloomberg ·

SpaceX cuts monthly Starlink prices in half in the Memphis area, as it endures blowback and legal challenges from opponents of its Colossus data centers

SpaceX is offering discounts for Starlink internet plans in Memphis, Tennessee, as the Elon Musk-led company endures blowback …

Semafor ·

The Trump administration has talked with SpaceX about donating shares to Trump Accounts, which provide children with tax-advantaged savings accounts

THE SCOOP

Emma Roth / The Verge ·

Rocket Lab plans to acquire Iridium for $8B and combine Rocket Lab's launch services with Iridium's satellite-based communications network to rival SpaceX

Iridium's constellation of 66 satellites provides communications for 2.5 million subscribers.

Tripp Mickle / New York Times ·

Intel has promised to deliver SpaceX and Apple a toolkit this fall to test its 14A node before they make final commitments to produce chips with Intel

At a tech conference in San Francisco this week, admirers surrounded Lip-Bu Tan, the chief executive of Intel …

Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg ·

SpaceX and Charter have held executive-level talks on a consumer mobile phone offering, which would help SpaceX become a DTC mobile phone provider

SpaceX and Charter Communications Inc. have held executive-level talks about partnering on a consumer mobile phone offering, according to people familiar with the matter.

Bloomberg ·

The FTC fast-tracks approval for SpaceX to acquire Mesh, which raised a $50M Series A in February to make high-efficiency optical transceivers for data centers

Elon Musk received a regulatory greenlight to acquire startup Mesh Optical Technologies, a company founded by former SpaceX engineers working …

Financial Times ·

During SpaceX's IPO roadshow, COO Gwynne Shotwell told investors that it may launch a Starlink mobile service and build its own terrestrial US network

Move would test whether group can turn sky-high ambition into a mass-market phone business

Alan Neuhauser / Axios ·

Muon Space, which operates satellite networks for climate and national security monitoring, is raising $250M; it has raised ~$181M since its 2021 launch

Muon Space, which builds and operates satellite networks, is raising $250 million, Axios Pro has learned.

Bloomberg ·

SpaceX raised $25B in its debut US bond sale; sources: the offering drew nearly $90B of orders at its peak, falling to $73B by the time the deal priced

SpaceX Loses $600 Billion in Value Over Three Days

Samantha Subin / CNBC ·

SpaceX announces an offering of senior unsecured notes and discloses it has ~$100.8B in cash; SPCX closes down 16.43% in its third consecutive losing session

SpaceX on Monday announced a senior unsecured notes offering and disclosed about $100.8 billion in cash.

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