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The clause that could hand Musk his $824bn payday without the milestonesBuried on page five of the 16-page CEO Performance Award Agreement is a change-in-control clause: if Tesla is acquired or merges, the operational milestones get disregarded and only the market-cap …SpaceX's first earnings test lands right as $100bn in stock unlocksSpaceX has never had to answer public-market-style earnings questions, and the timing here is brutal: its first real scrutiny arrives days before roughly $100bn of employee and early-investor stock…New Zealand's Rocket Lab founder takes on Musk and BezosPeter Beck is scaling Rocket Lab into direct competition with SpaceX and Blue Origin, a bet that the launch market has room for a third serious player.SpaceX slipping below its IPO price is the market pricing Musk risk, not Starlink riskShares dipped under the listing price for the first time since going public, and bond yields are drifting toward junk territory, which is a much bigger tell than the equity move. Starlink revenue a…Frontier Airlines caving on Wi-Fi tells you Starlink won the inflight betThe last major US budget carrier holding out on inflight Wi-Fi just partnered with Starlink, which settles an argument that's run for a decade about whether low-cost airlines could skip connectivit…Bezos cracked the Trump code and Blue Origin is the proofJeff Bezos has spent the past eighteen months methodically repositioning himself as an acceptable recipient of federal largesse, and the contract flow to Blue Origin confirms the strategy is workin…Dish files for bankruptcy with $9bn in debt. The satellite TV era is formally over.Dish DBS has filed for bankruptcy to restructure $9bn in debt, following the collapse of a deal with AT&T that would have provided a route forward for the satellite TV business. Dish is not shuttin…Rocket Lab buys Iridium and becomes a credible infrastructure rival to SpaceXRocket Lab has acquired Iridium Communications, the 66-satellite low-earth-orbit network built for voice and now carrying IoT, maritime, and defence data, transforming Rocket Lab from a launch vehi…Musk's SpaceX files for record $75bn IPO with trillionaire incentivesSpaceX is preparing what would be the largest IPO in history, targeting around $75-80 billion at a $1.75 trillion valuation. The filing includes extraordinary governance provisions that could grant…SpaceX files for record $80bn IPO as Apple preps AI unveilMarkets face their biggest event week of the year with SpaceX's history-making public debut and Apple's AI strategy reveal colliding. SpaceX targets June 12 trading under ticker "SPCX" with 555.6 m…SpaceX seeks $75bn in largest IPO everMusk's rocket company is planning to raise $75 billion at a $1.75 trillion valuation, which would make it the largest public offering in history. The company plans to sell 555.6 million shares at $…SpaceX pulls IPO target down to $1.8 trillionSpaceX reset its IPO valuation to 'at least $1.8 trillion' after earlier talk of exceeding $2 trillion, as institutional feedback forced a reality check. The company is seeking to raise up to $75 b…SpaceX IPO structure locks in Musk's 83% voting control despite 42% stakeMusk has pre-wired his grip on SpaceX through supervoting shares and mandatory arbitration before going public later this year. The filing shows he controls 83.8% of voting power while holding just…SpaceX scrubs first Starship V3 launch moments before liftoffThe newly redesigned rocket was fueled and seconds from launch when SpaceX called a halt, marking another setback for a system the company has spent $15 billion developing. Friday's attempt represe…Starlink drives 70% of SpaceX's $13.1bn revenue as rocket dreams fund realityMusk's intergalactic ambitions run on terrestrial internet subscriptions, with Starlink's 6 million users generating the bulk of SpaceX's record revenue and $5.7 billion gross profit. The satellite…SpaceX files for $1.75 trillion IPO with Musk keeping 85% voting controlSpaceX submitted a confidential S-1 targeting a $1.75 trillion valuation that would dwarf Saudi Aramco's $29 billion record, but Musk retains 85% voting power despite a lower economic stake through…Goldman leads SpaceX's $75bn IPO machineGoldman Sachs is anchoring SpaceX's planned $50-75 billion IPO at a $2 trillion valuation, making it the largest listing in history. The bank also arranged a $20 billion bridge loan to clean up $17…SpaceX IPO hands D1 Capital $20bn windfallD1 Capital Partners is positioned to emerge with roughly $20 billion in SpaceX equity when the rocket maker completes its anticipated IPO next month, making it one of the largest external sharehold…SpaceX locks $60bn Cursor option in record pre-revenue dealSpaceX secured an option to acquire AI coding assistant Cursor for $60 billion later this year, marking the largest pre-revenue technology acquisition in history. The deal suggests Musk's xAI despe…Blue Origin grounding delays Amazon's Starlink challengeAmazon's Project Kuiper satellite internet plans hit a wall after Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket was grounded following last week's launch anomaly. The company needs 1,600 satellites in orbit by Ju…