Sizzle or fizzle: Will investors make money from SpaceX?

Sizzle or fizzle: Will investors make money from SpaceX?

June 24, 2026 · 30 min · Season 5 · Episode 23

About this episode

The episode discusses the investment potential of SpaceX and the implications for Australian investors in the context of AI-driven IPOs.

Chanticleer columnist Anthony Macdonald and technology editor Paul Smith on the investment case for SpaceX, whether there’s enough money for the other AI mega floats and why Australian investors are all in. This podcast is sponsored by  Aussie Broadband . Further reading: SpaceX is the first of three sci-fi IPOs with truly insane maths Elon Musk has shot for the stars with the first of three huge AI-based floats that ask investors to believe the companies can boldly go where no one has gone before. Fears of ‘AI Strait of Hormuz’ as Trump’s Anthropic ban shocks business Labor’s Ed Husic and some of Australia’s top tech leaders warn Donald Trump’s export ban on the latest Anthropic AI models exposes a national over-reliance. How SpaceX turned the IPO curse into a goldmine The real genius of the company’s historic $2 trillion public listing isn’t the valuation – it’s how it hacked the market’s ultimate gatekeepers: passive funds. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Guests: Anthony Macdonald, Paul Smith

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Organizations: SpaceX, Labor, Anthropic, AI, Australian Financial Review

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