{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Space Stakes: The Business of the New Space Race","title":"SpaceX's $14.6B Quarter: AI Passes Starlink — October 21, 2026","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/a4c72bab\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":625,"description":"SpaceX posted ~$14.6B in Q3 revenue with AI overtaking Starlink, Musk discussed a SpaceX-Tesla merger, plus Telesat and Eutelsat news.\nSpaceX’s AI Revenue Leads Q3 Earnings — Payload\nMerging SpaceX and Tesla would be a \"good idea,\" Musk says — Space - Ars Technica\nReuters (@Reuters) on X: PODCAST: SpaceX-Tesla merger, Witkoff in Russia and Kansas voters — X/@Reuters\nTelesat lenders offer $3.2B rescue ahead of December default — SpaceQ Media Inc.\nEutelsat Signs New German Critical Infrastructure Deal — Via Satellite\nChapters\n00:00 Today's headlines\n00:45 Musk on SpaceX and Tesla merger\n02:23 Telesat offered $3.2 billion rescue package\n03:45 Eutelsat capacity deal with Amprion\n04:38 SpaceX quarter: space, Starlink and AI\n07:29 SpaceXSI AI compute, who pays for buildout\nSource links\neutelsat.com\n@business on X\n@SawyerMerritt on X\nSpace Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.\nFollow Space Stakes: subscribe on YouTube · Apple Podcasts · Spotify\nMore from Brian Lampert: Quickly Quantum, the daily quantum computing briefing, and Concrete Compute, the daily AI infrastructure briefing. Transcripts and every episode: space-stakes.kngoworld.chatgpt.site.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/nyaLFXa2ttfx9M9mPzUM3GElEJH7pfmkmAcNiSR-ELQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mZGY1/NTM1MDE3MTIwNjMx/ZDJhOGJmOGM4OGZl/ODFhOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}