European SpaceX challenger banks $450M in largest-ever Series C
A record $450M Series C puts real capital behind reusable spacecraft and creates a second credible standard for orbit.

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A record $450M Series C puts real capital behind reusable spacecraft and creates a second credible standard for orbit.
The German startup's second-flight success lands days before Macron's Paris summit, giving Europe a homegrown launch option as SpaceX and Blue Origin bow out.
Japan's tech giant is partnering with AST SpaceMobile to bring direct-to-phone satellite connectivity, a direct challenge to SpaceX's Starlink.
ChatGPT and Grok join Gemini on the Defense Department's central AI hub, a move that signals commercial models are now core to military operations.
Citigroup projects a $12 trillion market cap for SpaceX, but banks' lofty price targets ignore the company's struggle to reach public-market exit velocity. Here's what the research really says.
The CEO's secretive in-house casting operation could reshape power markets, yet the fuel source is drawing legal and health scrutiny.
The coding startup's users lose OpenAI models weeks after Elon Musk's SpaceX closed a $60 billion acquisition, raising supply-chain risks for AI-dependent tools.
A barge landing and net-based recovery move China from theory to proof, reshaping the reusability race and satellite ambitions.
The satellite and rocket company’s quick $25 billion borrowing move signals how it plans to finance scale after going public.
CNBC says SpaceX’s shares surge following its IPO Friday, forcing investors to reprice what “space” and “AI” are worth.
Big IPO, bigger options debut: what it means for investors, risk teams, and anyone benchmarking market appetite.
SpaceX exercised its option for Cursor in an all-stock deal worth $60 billion, reshaping AI dealmaking expectations.