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Re:SpaceX S-1 by fooblaster on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @10:44PM (#48217201)
how exactly can you assume they have unit profitability
Re:SpaceX S-1 by theptip on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @11:02PM (#48217326)
Plenty of analysis on this point, the inputs are not secret. Check out Semianalysis for example.

They have something like 70% margin on inference.

Re:SpaceX S-1 by fooblaster on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @11:59PM (#48217707)
so speculation from a semiconductor website. that's incredibly likely to be wrong
Re:SpaceX S-1 by satvikpendem on Thursday May 21, 2026 @12:20AM (#48217835)
We will see once Anthropic releases their S-1 too this summer.
Re:SpaceX S-1 by theptip on Thursday May 21, 2026 @01:05AM (#48218094)
I think you should do a bit of research and come back once you have fixed your knowledge gaps.
Re:SpaceX S-1 by fooblaster on Thursday May 21, 2026 @08:38AM (#48221696)
what research? it's private and there is large incentive to lie until ipo
Re:SpaceX S-1 by JimDabell on Thursday May 21, 2026 @01:17AM (#48218184)
They had 40% margin on inference in 2025.

https://archive.is/aKFYZ

You can quibble about the exact numbers, but I think it’s fairly clear at this point that inference is profitable with decent margins. Like you say, unit economics are more interesting than the profitability of the company as a whole.