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THE SIDE HUSTLE ATE THE ROCKET

By Zimbo · October 20, 2026

AI cartoon by Zimbo: A worried small robot technician with a wrench stares up at a towering bank-vault datacenter labeled SUPER INTELLIGENCE $7.6B while a tiny toy rocket labeled SPACE $1.77B sits forgotten on a launch pad — on SpaceX's Q3 earnings showing AI is now over half its revenue.
SpaceX just reported Q3 revenue of $14.58B — but the rockets only brought in $1.77B. Its Super Intelligence segment (Grok, Cursor, rented-out GPUs) made $7.56B, up 830%, and is now the company that pays the bills.Zimbo for AI News Page

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