Fictional Scenario: SpaceX Shares Slip 10% on AI Spending Concerns

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In that scenario, SpaceX has just reported its first earnings as a public company. Shares fall more than 10% in premarket trading after capital expenditures jump sixfold to $18.4 billion, with most of the spending going toward AI. The stock closes just above $125, below the $135 IPO price and far off its $200 all-time high.

CFO Bret Johnsen defends the spending on an earnings call, saying the company is being efficient and is getting less than a one-year payback on AI compute. Elon Musk projects $1 trillion in annual revenue by 2030, a year earlier than previously forecast. Steve Westly, a former Tesla board member, says questions remain about how quickly SpaceX can grow and how large costs will get before profitability.

Investors are also watching the expiration of insider lock-ups on Thursday, which would allow insiders to sell some shares. Again, this is a fictional scenario, not a real report about SpaceX.

Source: CNBC