SpaceX trading at 130x revenues
SpaceX is trading at approximately 130 times revenues, making almost any AI acquisition technically accretive and every deal look cheap by comparison.
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Trump's Iran Deal, SpaceX’s Wild Ride, and Snap’s Specs
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Jun 19, 2026
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SpaceX Acquires Cursor: Smart Use of Inflated Stock
At 41:34 · chapter starts 40:15
Scott breaks down the acquisition math: SpaceX trading at 130x revenues means buying Cursor at 15x revenues is technically accretive, delivering $4 billion in annual sales and 26% market share in AI coding for a 3.5% dilution of the $2.5 trillion market cap. It also papers over the Groq embarrassment. Scott compares this to Amazon and Netflix's strategy of using inflated stock to pull the future forward through acquisitions rather than organic development. Kara makes a broader observation: Musk is fundamentally a collector, not an inventor — he didn't found Tesla, he bought it from its inventors, and Cursor follows the same pattern. [1] — Kara Swisher "Kara Swisher argues Elon Musk isn't an inventor — he's a collector, like Henry Ford rather than Edison. He didn't found Tesla, he bought it…" 43:58 Scott speculates on further acquisition targets — Perplexity, Mistral, Rocket Lab — noting that at 130x revenues, everything in the world looks cheap.
SpaceX Acquires Cursor: The Smart Move
SpaceX acquired Cursor, the AI coding tool with 26% market share and $4B in annual sales, for $60 billion in stock — just a 3.5% dilution at SpaceX's $2.5T market cap. It solves the Groq embarrassment, adds enterprise revenue, and gets SpaceX top-tier AI engineering talent.
Elon Musk: Collector, Not Inventor
Kara Swisher argues Elon Musk isn't an inventor — he's a collector, like Henry Ford rather than Edison. He didn't found Tesla, he bought it from its inventors. Cursor follows the same pattern: find something that works, acquire it, and let better operators run it.
AI IPO Frenzy: SpaceX Sets the Bar
SpaceX's IPO has completely repriced the AI IPO market. Anthropic and OpenAI can now point to SpaceX at 130x revenues and say: we're growing 400% a year, buy us at 40x. Every upcoming AI IPO is now measured against SpaceX — and suddenly they all look cheap.
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