SpaceX revenue +92% YoY
SpaceX posted $7.8 billion in revenue in a single quarter, representing a 92% year-over-year increase that beat Street expectations.
Snapshot · Moonshots with Peter Diamandis
Google’s Jeff Dean Exits, SpaceX Hits $100B in Rev & OpenAI’s Astra Solves Decade-Old Math Problems with Emad Mostaque | EP #277
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Aug 8, 2026
Where this was said
Moonshots Live Event Promo — September 25th, Los Angeles
At 1:44:13 · chapter starts 1:43:35
Peter Diamandis promotes Moonshots Live, a full-day event for entrepreneurs, builders, and creators at 1,500-seat venue in downtown LA. All five Moonshots hosts will be present. Confirmed guests include Palmer Luckey, Jeremy Allaire from Circle, Cathie Wood, Noushan Sari, and Ben Lamb. Two XPRIZE competitions culminate on stage that day: the Future Vision XPRIZE (a positive AI future film competition with 5,000+ entries) and the Build with Gemini XPRIZE (a 90-day hackathon with 25,000 teams and $2 million in prize money). Tickets are available at moonshots.com; the event is two-thirds sold out.
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