Ophir Gottlieb
CEO of CMLviz, Former Options Market Maker
SpaceX's AI/SI business is showing up in reported revenue, giving institutions more than a launch narrative to value. Q3 revenue reached about $14.58B, up roughly 161% year over year versus a roughly $12.7B Street run-rate; AI/SI helped drive the beat. The next formal update must sustain AI/SI demand, while lockup supply and softer AI spending could fade the initial reaction. x.com x.comÂ
SpaceX's AI spending is producing much more compute revenue without a comparable rise in capex, supporting its Overweight rating and $214 target. AI compute brought in about $7.6B versus $2.6B last quarter and ~$6.4B expected, while capex was $19.59B, in line with estimates. But cash of $51.29B versus $91.2B expected raises funding questions, and launches missed estimates. x.com x.com x.com x.comÂ
SpaceX's capital-intensive super-intelligence business makes its $2 trillion valuation hard to justify. At a reported 6% SI margin, even doubling that margin would require roughly $1 trillion in annual revenue to make the math work, about 18 times current quarterly revenue annualized. The extraordinary outcome is already priced in. x.com x.com x.com x.com x.com x.comÂ
Uncertain AI-capex profits and higher oil costs from Iran still threaten US stocks. The SPCX-Nvidia deal brought much-needed overnight inflows to chips and is shifting sentiment, but tech's waterfall decline will not heal with a sharp V-bottom. Be prepared for a big fade. x.comÂ
Anthropic's S-1 and @UncleAlpha007's claim that Microsoft is growing despite a 27% headcount cut have turned the near-term tech-equity view bullish. At least a tradable rally is expected; further upside depends on Iran developments and PCE. Stay nimble. x.com x.comÂ
SpaceX's AI-cloud ambitions face a severe two-sided constraint: finding 12 GW of Rubin capacity in one year looks implausible, and even that buildout would need customers willing to rent roughly $50B of compute annually. The scale of both the supply and demand challenges makes the plan highly skeptical. x.comÂ
Microsoft's AI spending is producing faster growth with better economics: Azure accelerated to 48% on a $100B+ base while capex was $39.4B, below expectations. Management then guided Azure to 49-50% and said demand still exceeds supply, ending the debate over whether AI investment is paying off. Overweight, $625 target. x.com x.com x.comÂ
Alphabet's businesses beyond search are why it will lead the real AI boom. Google Cloud, DeepMind and Waymo broaden its reach, and its $900 million SpaceX investment is now worth $85 billion. Fear emerging as the shares fall is an opportunity; a decline toward the buy zone is welcome, even as Q3 capex has taken a large hit out of free cash flow. x.com x.com x.com x.comÂ
SpaceX's 13-20GW 2027 plan would crash compute rates if achieved, and Nvidia cannot supply the chips. Even 10GW gross/8GW IT needs 350,000 GPUs and $30-32B monthly; 20GW costs $400-500B against $750B in global AI spend. A 28% share release tomorrow and Musk's cross-company overpayments keep SpaceX hands-off. Yet 400MW+ monthly deployment could yield $225B revenue and $100B profit in 2027, worth $2T at 20x; Elon firms rarely trade at only 20x. x.com x.com x.com x.com x.comÂ
Strong AI demand and hyperscaler spending make the selloff a mid-cycle correction despite neocloud financing stress. Widening CCC spreads expose leveraged firms to higher borrowing costs; US competition with China supports AI buildout. The base case is a bottom in roughly 5-7 days, then stabilization and eventually a broader reversal, though some projects may fail and valuations compress. IREN, Cipher, Nebius, Applied Digital, Micron, AMD, ASML and Intel are worth gradually accumulating. x.comÂ