The most simplified breakdown of the SpaceX IPO on the internet

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Episode 833: Sam Parr ( x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( x.com/ShaanVP ) breakdown the biggest IPO of all time.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) what even is SpaceX

(7:11) What even is a trillion dollars?

(8:51) Launches explained

(9:07) Starlink

(14:07) Data centers in space

(17:39) Starship

(24:46) Grok

(28:06) a wonderful business at a silly price?

(34:16) the mission

(37:51) SBF's $114B fumble

(39:04) funny, weird, surprising nuggets from the IPO

(42:35Who's getting rich this week?

(51:13) The genius insight of Luke at Gigafund

(55:46) Pessimists get to be right, optimists get to be right

(59:12) Elon's comp package

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