SpaceX

VC is changing dramatically — what’s a founder to do? 

Seattle investor and founder Nikesh Parekh argues that venture capital has split in two: record money flowing to a narrow band of AI companies while most founders find it harder than ever to raise. He lays out what founders should do about it, from raising VC to angel funding, venture debt, revenue-based financing, and bootstrapping to profitability. Read More

Elon Musk’s Mars illusion

A look at the science behind Elon Musk’s goal of a million-person city on Mars, and why planetary scientists say terraforming the planet to make it habitable would take centuries, if it’s possible at all. The revenue Musk says will pay for the Mars effort comes from Starlink, the satellite network SpaceX designs and builds in Redmond. Read More

Opinion: SpaceX is no Tesla

Seattle AI veteran Oren Etzioni argues that SpaceX’s record-setting IPO valuation prices in three unproven bets at once — and that the Tesla playbook doesn’t apply at this starting point. Read More