--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "3706f14fcbfbfb92b0730f9e21781814b2dc9c2c85395c28177d1deb59577bd8" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/3706f14f?lang=en" title: "SpaceX Posts $4.4B First Profit Since IPO as Q3 Revenue Surges 161% to $14.58B on AI Boom" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-20T20:36:47.000Z" category: "Industry" topics: ["xai","agent","spacex","llm","nvidia","funding"] source_urls: ["https://marketbrief.now/earnings/update-spacex-posts-44b-first-profit-since-ipo-as-q3-revenue-surges-161p-c3ae5a5a","https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/spacexs-ai-business-is-beating-expectations/","https://x.com/wallstengine/status/2112638188535595135","https://x.com/SawyerMerritt/status/2112638471781114063","https://x.com/zerohedge/status/2112636966743441554","https://x.com/zerohedge/status/2112639493127721121","https://x.com/chigrl/status/2112641488509145418","https://x.com/shaunmmaguire/status/2112641832777822656"] summary: "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." --- # SpaceX Posts $4\.4B First Profit Since IPO as Q3 Revenue Surges 161% to $14\.58B on AI Boom > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-20T20:36:47.000Z **Category:** Industry **Topics:** xai, agent, spacex, llm, nvidia, funding ## Summary 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\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]()