SpaceX Is Borrowing $20 Billion to Fund Its AI Ambitions. Is That a Bold Move or a Dangerous One?
Key takeaways
- With Space Exploration Technologies Corp (NASDAQ: SPCX), both are true simultaneously, and that tension is exactly what the last 10 days of share transactions have been processing.
- In 2009, a "Double Down" signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia.
- SpaceX's $25 billion bond offering, priced Tuesday in five tranches with maturities ranging from five to 30 years, is the company's first-ever investment-grade dollar bond issuance.
Micah Zimmerman, The Motley Fool Sat, June 27, 2026 at 8:05 PM GMT+7 5 min read SPCX NVDA When a company raises $86 billion in the largest IPO in history and then turns around five days later to borrow another $25 billion, one of two things is true: It has identified an opportunity so large that no amount of capital is enough, or it has taken on obligations it cannot fund from operations.
With Space Exploration Technologies Corp (NASDAQ: SPCX), both are true simultaneously, and that tension is exactly what the last 10 days of share transactions have been processing.
Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again. In 2009, a "Double Down" signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia. For the first time in years, that same "Total Conviction" signal is flashing for a company 1/100th the size of Nvidia. Continue »