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SpaceX: The Biggest Money Loser in IPO History
Patrick Boyle analyzes SpaceX's IPO prospectus, covering its financials, speculative products, AI business, related-party dealings, compensation, and a governance structure with minimal shareholder rights.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as a clear, roughly 30-minute summary of the problems with the SpaceX IPO.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Patrick Boyle
- Topic
- spacex ipo analysis
- Format
- commentary
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 10
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2026–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Patrick Boyle has an excellent presentation (YT) on the SpaceX IPO. In case you thought you knew it was bad … it’s way worse than you think. [VIDEO]
roysting on Hacker News · 2026-06
In Anthropic confidentially submits draft S-1 to the SECIf you don't want to read, here is a 30 minutes summary from financial guy (Patrick Boyle) where are all the problems with SpaceX IPO - [VIDEO]
general1465 on Hacker News · 2026-05
In The SpaceX IPO is great for Elon Musk and terrible for you[LINK] "SpaceX IPO retail offering is worrying" - [LINK] ( This guy will never be invited back to CNBC...interview is hysterically funny...and accurate... ) "SpaceX IPO: Nice Try Though" - [VIDEO] "SpaceX IPO Scandal" - [LINK]
tcp_handshaker on Hacker News · 2026-06
In Anthopic, OpenAI Should Not Be Allowed to IPO, Says Ed Zitron [video]
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