The $5 Trillion AI Giant Nobody Is Ready For

Host Doucet speaks with Milk Road analyst Kyle Reedhead about his thesis that SpaceX could become the world’s largest company by market cap by 2030. Reedhead argues that investors still view it too narrowly as a rocket and satellite business, overlooking its rapid expansion into AI compute and applications.

The discussion examines three potential moats: reusable launch infrastructure, Starlink connectivity, and data-center capacity. Reedhead explains how faster compute deployment, direct-to-device connectivity, and a longer-term push toward space-based compute could reinforce one another, while acknowledging that the compute advantage is the least established.

The valuation case rests on SpaceX meeting aggressive capacity and revenue targets, with potential upside from Grok and Cursor. The central risks include heavy capital spending, employee and early-investor share unlocks, intense compute competition, and the possibility that execution takes longer than projected.