Comment by thereitgoes456
7 hours ago
He has had many failures, SolarCity and xAI and X and DOGE to name a few, but he has often bailed them out with his larger ventures.
Even with his successes (Tesla, SpaceX) he has built them up in large part by bending levers of government to his advantage.
I take issue with your use of the word "bend" here.
Can you provide specific examples of where Elon has bent the levers of government?
> Even with his successes (Tesla, SpaceX) he has built them up in large part by bending levers of government to his advantage.
So what? Thats called being a maverick. He is very very good at executing on making money which is the point of business.
> He is very very good at executing on making money which is the point of business.
Also pushing technology forward.
xAI is the most profitable part of SpaceX by far.
About half of SpaceX revenue is Starlink subscriptions. Starlink is the one profitable division; the rest of the company operates at a loss, including xAI.
That's outdated and doesn't fully include the multiple billion per month contracts.
Anthropic: 1.25B/month
Google: 0.92B/month
Unnamed customer starting in december: 1.1B/month
Starlink monthly revenue is ~1.5B/month
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What failed with X? Usage today is higher than ever
Brand reputation; ROI; grok the sexual harassment bot; grok the CSAM bot; his free speech absolutism position. Take your pick.