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SpaceX’s Earnings Test Meets Anthropic’s $150B Finance Machine

Wednesday, August 5, 2026 · 7 min

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SpaceX’s first post-IPO results nearly doubled revenue, testing its AI-and-Starlink valuation case, while FT reports Google has built a vast financing machine for Anthropic’s infrastructure needs.

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SpaceX’s first post-IPO results nearly doubled revenue, testing its AI-and-Starlink valuation case, while FT reports Google has built a vast financing machine for Anthropic’s infrastructure needs.

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