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SpaceX Posts $4.4B First Profit Since IPO as Q3 Revenue Surges 161% to $14.58B on AI Boom

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SpaceX reported its first quarterly profit since going public, posting third-quarter net income of $4.4 billion on revenue of $14.58 billion, driven by growth in its AI division and Starlink services.

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  1. SOURCEtechcrunch.com
  2. SOURCE@wallstengine“Added $6.7B of incremental SI solutions and infrastructure revenue YoY, driven by cloud services agreements, the acquisition of Cursor and SI models and software applications”x.com
  3. SUPPORT@sawyermerritt“SpaceX reported $19.6 billion in capital expenditures during Q3 2026, nearly triple the $6.9 billion spent in Q3 2025.”x.com
  4. SUPPORT@zerohedge“SPCX cash and cash equivalents $51.29 billion, estimate$91.2 billion”x.com
  5. SUPPORT@zerohedge“Add another $38.6 billion in marketable securities”x.com
  6. SUPPORT@chigrl“Both SpaceX and Stride just posted enormous beats. Stride is up 8%, SpaceX is up 1%.”x.com
  7. SUPPORT@shaunmmaguire“Phenomenal progress for @SpaceX... But these numbers will seem minuscule in short order”x.com
  8. SUPPORT@stocksavvyshay“$SPCX spent ~$16.4B on AI infrastructure in Q3 alone which is ~84% of its total CapEx.”x.com
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