
SpaceX-Tesla Merger Talks Advance. Plus Anthropic's $1.4T IPO and Hyperbolic's CEO
Bloomberg reported that SpaceX and Tesla merger talks are moving forward, with an announcement possible as soon as December. The deal would be SpaceX buying Tesla, creating a nearly $3.5 trillion company — by far the largest merger in history — though Tesla shareholders would have to give up control to Elon Musk, and the firms still have to navigate the conflicts of Tesla's China business from SpaceX's U.S. defense work. Hyperbolic CEO Jasper Zhang then joins the show to unpack the neocloud sell-off, arguing that inference demand is growing 10 times a year, GPU prices are not going to fall, and CoreWeave's more than 70% prepaid mix makes a customer default unlikely even as investors fixate on debt. Finally, Charlie and Colin break down Anthropic's IPO, which Bloomberg says could raise as much as $90.4 billion at a $1.4 trillion valuation and is about six times oversubscribed, even after AI stocks shed $6 trillion in a multi-month rout. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 6:02 Tweet of the day 8:05 SpaceX-Tesla merger talks 19:30 Hyperbolic CEO Jasper Zhang on neoclouds 35:37 Anthropic IPO 6x oversubscribed Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blockspace-ai-news/id1729672815 Sponsors: 👉 Soluna (Nasdaq: SLNH) develops data centers co-located with wind and solar plants, turning surplus renewable energy into computing power for AI and other intensive applications. solunacomputing.com. 👉 Luxor Technologies: Blockspace's preferred mining pool. Start hashing today with Luxor! https://luxor.tech/ 👉 Lygos Finance: Borrow against your Bitcoin, without compromising on custody! https://www.lygos.finance/
- Transcript