Musk said SpaceX is investment grade and generates revenue from its Starlink satellite internet and rocket launch businesses. In a follow-up post, he said the financing consisted primarily of callable debt for graphics processing units. SpaceX had previously been reported to be seeking $40 billion to buy Nvidia chips, with market turmoil complicating the financing talks.<\/p>\n
Bloomberg reported earlier, citing people familiar with the matter, that SpaceX was in talks with banks and investors to raise the $40 billion to purchase Nvidia chips. The proposed financing would use a special purpose vehicle to keep the debt off SpaceX’s balance sheet and preserve its investment-grade credit ratings, according to Bloomberg. Goldman Sachs was leading talks with investors, including Apollo Global Management, over the financing structure, according to Bloomberg.<\/p>\n
SpaceX has expanded aggressively into artificial intelligence this year, referring to the business as “Super Intelligence,” or SI. The segment has become the company’s largest business unit, with third-quarter revenue surging ninefold to $7.56 billion from $813 million a year earlier, according to its latest earnings release.<\/p>\n
Musk said debt markets have largely shut off access to financing for companies without substantial revenue outside AI data centers. He predicted that more than 200 so-called neocloud companies, which provide cloud computing infrastructure designed for artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads, would face widespread failures and consolidation, with only a small number surviving.<\/p>\n
The financing underscores the enormous capital requirements of the AI boom, as technology companies pour billions of dollars into advanced chips and data centers to support increasingly powerful AI models.<\/p>\n
The chips financed by the deal are expected to arrive in the first and second quarters of 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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