Ross Gerber on Tesla Roadster, Potential SpaceX Merger
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A Tesla–SpaceX merger, even as speculation, underlines how capital markets may treat integrated hardware, launch, and AI as a single story. If you’re in adjacent ecosystems, model scenarios where one entity controls both terrestrial and orbital distribution for autonomy and data.
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