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SpaceX dropped its IPO filing Tuesday evening, and the headline number is staggering — a projected market cap north of one point five trillion dollars at launch. The filing makes clear this is not a rocket company story. It's an AI and satellite infrastructure bet, with Starlink as the revenue engine and a future that investors are pricing in almost entirely on faith. Revenues remain thin, losses remain large, and the valuation demands you believe in what comes next.
Nvidia gave the market exactly what it wanted this week — blowout results and guidance that left little room for skepticism. The company pointed to roughly two hundred billion dollars in forward opportunity as AI infrastructure spending accelerates across hyperscalers and sovereign governments alike. The stock had already priced in high expectations, but management's tone suggested demand is running ahead even of that.
Shifting to a quieter corner of the AI trade, IBM is drawing fresh attention as an unusual hybrid — a company with genuine enterprise AI traction and a durable, growing dividend. For income-focused investors wary of pure-play AI volatility, IBM offers a foothold in the theme without abandoning yield. It won't move like Nvidia, but that's increasingly the point.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
