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SpaceX’s AI business is beating expectations

Publisher description: SpaceX’s data centers and Grok agents have been more profitable than investors expected in second quarter of the year, as the company leaves its roots as a space company behind to focus on artificial intelligence, which now makes up 52% of its income. Elon Musk’s deep conglomerate reported on Tuesday $14.6 billion in third-quarter revenue. […]

TechCrunch | Oct 20, 2026 | Tim Fernholz

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SpaceX’s data centers and Grok agents have been more profitable than investors expected in second quarter of the year, as the company leaves its roots as a space company behind to focus on artificial intelligence, which now makes up 52% of its income. Elon Musk’s deep conglomerate reported on Tuesday $14. 6 billion in third-quarter revenue. That number was driven by growth in all segments, but especially it’s renamed “Super Intelligence” business line, which includes the recently-acquired Cursor coding tool, Grok bot, and most importantly, the company’s burgeoning neocloud business, which now boasts 1. 7 GW of compute.

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