The Steady Hand at SpaceX Is Not Elon Musk

kept by eddie jun 05

Gwynne Shotwell serves as the stabilizing force at SpaceX, counterbalancing Elon Musk, as the company readies for a blockbuster IPO.

xAI is looking more like a datacentre REIT than a frontier lab - Martin Alderson
xAI's GPU rental deals with Anthropic and Google transform it into a datacenter REIT-like business, driven by financial engineering, compute shortages, and infrastructure advantages.
also on Colossus, xAI, SpaceX, #business-strategy
Read TIME's Full Interview with SpaceX's Gwynne Shotwell
SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell outlines the company's merger with xAI, AI integration in rocketry, Starlink's 10 million subscribers, and plans for AI satellites and lunar manufacturing.
also on Gwynne Shotwell, xAI, #space, Elon Musk, SpaceX, #business-strategy
Elon Musk Relies on Gwynne Shotwell to Make SpaceX Soar - WSJ
The WSJ profiles Gwynne Shotwell's role managing crises like Musk's threat to decommission a spacecraft as SpaceX's IPO approaches.
also on Gwynne Shotwell, #space, Elon Musk, SpaceX, #leadership, #business-strategy
Twitter Turns 20: Two Decades of Memes, Movements and Hot Takes
Twitter's first public tweets appeared on July 15, 2006, and the platform was later rebranded as X after Elon Musk's acquisition, marking two decades of cultural and political impact.
also on Twitter, Elon Musk, #culture, #business-strategy
The Cold Email
Zach Holman recounts how cold emails got him into CMU, a GitHub job, and soccer‑club ownership, urging genuine outreach despite many silent failures.
also on Twitter