SpaceX

Chun Wang, founder of F2Pool which controls 11% of Bitcoin hashrate, named Mission Commander for SpaceX’s first commercial Mars flight.

SpaceX has formally filed IPO paperwork with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. BBC reports that the listing valuation could make Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire. As the world’s most valuable private aerospace company, SpaceX’s IPO would be one of the largest tech listings in recent years. The company has raised multiple funding rounds with steadily growing valuations, driven primarily by the Starship program’s progress and Starlink’s commercialization. Sources: BBC, WSJ ...

[Brief] SpaceX Starship V3 First Test Gets New Launch Date SpaceX’s Starship V3 first flight test (Flight 12) has received a new launch date. Starship V3 represents a major upgrade to SpaceX’s next-generation heavy-lift rocket, featuring enhanced payload capacity and full reusability.

SpaceX launched a Dragon spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, Florida on May 13, carrying supplies to the International Space Station. Mission Overview The launch is part of SpaceX’s Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. The Dragon spacecraft carries scientific experiments, crew provisions, and technical equipment to the orbiting laboratory. Background SpaceX has been a key NASA commercial cargo partner since 2012, regularly resupplying the ISS. This mission represents another routine delivery under the long-standing partnership. ...

SpaceX has announced plans to invest $55 billion in AI chip manufacturing, marking Elon Musk’s major push into AI hardware.

Anthropic Signs SpaceX for Colossus 1 Compute Ahead of June IPO Anthropic, the maker of Claude, announced Wednesday it will use all compute capacity at SpaceX’s Colossus 1 data center, the latest partnership in its preparations for a planned June IPO. The deal marks an escalation in the AI compute race. Colossus 1 houses one of the world’s largest GPU clusters, and Anthropic securing full access provides critical infrastructure for training its next generation of large language models. ...

Anthropic Signs SpaceX Colossus 1 Data Center Deal Ahead of June IPO AI company Anthropic announced it will use all compute capacity at SpaceX’s Colossus 1 data center – a major infrastructure move ahead of its planned June initial public offering (IPO). Deal Details Anthropic’s Claude AI models require massive computational power. This agreement with SpaceX ensures the company will have sufficient resources before going public. Colossus 1 is SpaceX’s large-scale data center focused on providing computing power for AI training and inference. The partnership highlights the intensifying competition for AI infrastructure across the tech industry. ...

Crypto exchange OKX has launched perpetual futures contracts tracking the pre-IPO valuations of OpenAI and SpaceX. This move marks further convergence between crypto markets and traditional finance speculation, allowing investors to bet on pre-IPO company valuations through crypto derivatives. Source: CoinDesk

SpaceX successfully launches the 6-ton ViaSat-3 F3 communications satellite using Falcon Heavy — the rocket’s first launch in 18 months and the final ViaSat-3 terabit-class satellite.

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket successfully launches the ViaSat-3 F3 communications satellite from Kennedy Space Center, marking the heavy-lift vehicle’s first flight in 18 months.