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The Trillion Dollar Gap | Aswath Damodaran on SpaceX, AI and the Big Market Delusion

Explore episode Jun 19, 2026
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Distributions, Not Point Estimates: The Right Way to Value Uncertain Companies

The Trillion Dollar Gap | Aswath Damodaran on SpaceX, AI an… · Jun 19, 2026 Business

For companies like SpaceX where the outcome distribution is enormous, point-estimate valuations create false precision and invite overconfidence. Damodaran argues that turning inputs into probability distributions shows investors both the estimate AND how wrong they could be — and provides an honest framework for disagreeing with others who have a different but equally legitimate story.

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How stories and numbers work together in valuation

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Number-crunchers miss future potential; storytellers stop at TAM. Damodaran's framework forces both sides to meet: every story must connect to unit economics, margins, and reinvestment.

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