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SpaceX is About to Explode: $15B from Anthropic is just the beginning

May 24, 2026 / 01:25

This episode discusses Elon Web Services, AI business growth, and data center construction speed. Gavin shares insights on the rapid development of data centers and the implications for the AI industry.

Gavin highlights that Elon Web Services has significantly increased the speed of data center construction, noting that the time taken for each successive data center has decreased dramatically. He mentions that the first took 122 days, the second 91 days, and the third just 66 days.

He emphasizes the importance of having a clear offtake partner, which he believes will lead to more partnerships and faster growth in the AI sector. Gavin also points out that Jensen is keen on ensuring that GPUs are utilized effectively.

Gavin concludes that the AI business is poised for rapid expansion, especially with the recent $15 billion investment from Anthropic, which he describes as extraordinary.

TL;DR

Gavin discusses Elon Web Services' rapid data center growth and its impact on the AI industry following a $15 billion investment from Anthropic.

Episode

1:25
00:00:00
Gavin, your take on the S1 and I think
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specifically Elon Web Services.
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>> Well, I think what's important about
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Elon Web Services does make me laugh,
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but 15 billion that means the AI
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business right there is going to
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quadruple. It it has already effectively
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quadrupled.
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I think what's important about that is
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there's a stat in it that for I think
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the their first data center it was 122
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days. The second one it took them 91
00:00:26
days. The third one was I think 66 days.
00:00:30
They build data centers dramatically
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faster than anyone else at a lower cost.
00:00:38
And now that you have a clear offtake
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partner and I would expect partner to
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become partners,
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there is no reason they can't start
00:00:48
stamping these data centers out really
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fast.
00:00:53
And having watched Jensen for a long
00:00:55
time, it is important to Jensen that his
00:00:57
GPUs be used. And so GPUs will be
00:01:00
allocated to who can plug them in, turn
00:01:03
them on, and start converting electrons
00:01:06
into tokens.
00:01:07
And so I think this business can grow
00:01:11
dramatically faster than I think, you
00:01:14
know, maybe what anyone could have
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contemplated three, you know, three
00:01:17
three months ago. But 15 billion dollars
00:01:21
from Anthropic
00:01:23
is is extraordinary.

Episode Highlights

  • Elon Web Services Growth
    Elon Web Services is set to dramatically grow, with data centers built faster than ever.
    “They build data centers dramatically faster than anyone else at a lower cost.”
    @ 00m 30s
    May 24, 2026

Episode Quotes

  • 15 billion from Anthropic is extraordinary.
    SpaceX is About to Explode: $15B from Anthropic is just the beginning

Key Moments

  • Data Center Speed00:30
  • Extraordinary Investment01:21

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