Podbit · God Mode Podcast
A single Google compute deal — $920 million per month, $11 billion per year — rewrote the SpaceX valuation story overnight. The IPO allocation was double-oversubscribed at $150 billion committed before it even priced.
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Two weeks earlier, Ben had argued the SpaceX IPO was overvalued given the revenue picture. Then the Google compute deal landed. At $920 million per month, $11 billion per year in new ARR from a single contract, the thesis flipped. [1] — Ben "$11B/year from one Google deal: SpaceX's deal with Google adds approximately $920 million per month — around $11 billion per year — in annu…" 07:06 The deal added more annual revenue in one stroke than Snowflake's entire annual run rate, Ben notes — a vivid benchmark for the scale involved. The IPO, priced on June 12 (two days after this recording), had already received $150 billion in commitments against a $75 billion raise. Ben's conclusion: his bearish view has changed. The crew begins working through whether a $2 trillion valuation is actually defensible.
SpaceX's deal with Google adds approximately $920 million per month — around $11 billion per year — in annual recurring revenue, fundamentally changing the SpaceX valuation thesis.
SpaceX's IPO allocation of $75 billion was double oversubscribed, with $150 billion already committed, reflecting extraordinary investor appetite.
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Bhanu quit his first job after just 8 months, moved back to his parents' house to cut costs, and started building. One product sold for $250K; the next hit $10K MRR in its first month.
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