Those two companies can only be lumped together by someone who doesn't understand what they do.

- Openai is way over-extended and can't die soon enough.

- Spacex, on the other hand, is way ahead of any of its competitors in the invention and building of real world things that people need and pay for and has amazing goals for the future that are likely to be met by a CEO with a history of making the impossible merely late.

▲

throw0101c a day ago | parent | next [-]

> Spacex, on the other hand, is way ahead of any of its competitors in the invention and building of real world things […]

Like going to Mars? Like xAI and Grok?

Perhaps if SpaceX actually focused on "invention and building of real world things" your point would be stronger? I mean: why exactly did SpaceX purchase xAI?

* https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq6vnrye06po

▲

NetMageSCW a day ago | parent [-]

Like building and flying the most reliable rocket in history while launching more frequently than any other rocket in history. They make an F9 second stage every couple of days.

	▲	throw0101c 20 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		And what does flying reliable rockets have to do with xAI, Grok, and creating child porn? * https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/elon-musks-xai-s... * https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgk2lzmm22eo Why would a rocket company want to acquire a company under CSAM investigation? Why would a aerospace investor wish to own such a product/service? * https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-c... Perhaps if Musk/SpaceX actually focused on the (alleged) purpose of the company your point would be stronger. Further, to channel Warren Buffett, what moat does SpaceX have to prevent competitors for doing the same thing? (A sibling comment mentions China catching up.)
	▲	Smoosh 21 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		F9 is their Model 3/Y. Starship is their Cybertruck.
	▲	toomuchtodo a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		They were ahead of nation states, but China has already closed the gap (wrt reusable vehicles). Musk squandered the first mover advantages of Tesla and SpaceX for individual power and wealth instead of the long term success of those enterprises. And so, it’s not unreasonable for folks to say Tesla and SpaceX were just tools for a grifter to become the wealthiest person in the world; that’s what he was optimizing for, based on the evidence. Musk cares about power, control, and himself, broadly speaking. Does it matter in the long run? Probably not. Musk will be like Gates with more wealth; speaking circuit while others build at scale (China is ~1/3 of global manufacturing capacity).

▲

Imustaskforhelp a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

SpaceX has already pivoted from mars to moon after so many deadlines. It was very much hype oriented.

Another point but datacenters in Space literally does not make science.

Even something like arctic/antartica might make sense, but beyond that the nordic countries and iceland makes even more sense from my understanding as they have proper infrastructure.

My main point is that, even it might be worth something, I am not saying 0 but it would be a very fractional amount of money if it isn't for the hype. They aren't that different in that regards. Both products work around generating hype.

These are gonna be extremely overvalued and the average citizen is going to be left holding the bags of both.

▲

Zigurd a day ago | parent | prev [-]

That's some early stage Tesla optimism right there. What's really happening is that starship is the space cyber truck.