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$SPCX···bullish· high· posev
Ev bullish on SpaceX long-term: Elon sells long-dated call options on future narratives
SpaceX's valuation reflects not just current financials but Elon Musk's unique ability to sell the market on long-dated call options (Starship, orbital data centers, Mars) that hi…
$SUNDAY-ROBOTICSbullish· high· posev
Ev: Benchmark backs Sunday Robotics; robotics a prime trillion-dollar candidate by 2060
Robotics is in the first inning; by 2060 there could be a 1:1 ratio of useful robots to humans. Sunday's pseudo-humanoid home robot represents a pragmatic path, and Benchmark view…
$SPCX···bearish· mediumev
SpaceX post-IPO: a 6-month under on the stock from low float and options-driven gamma
A float of just 4% plus the opening of options plus retail mania creates an artificial gamma squeeze to the upside, but the lockup release in six months will restore price discove…
$ANTHROPICbearish· mediumev
Anthropic Fable ban: regulatory Rubicon that pushes IPO out 12-18 months
First AI model regulation based on capabilities under the Export Restriction Act with no judicial review. Anthropic painted a target on its back talking about the 'god model'. IPO…
$ANTHROPICbullish· mediumev
Anthropic ARR could hit $150-200B in 2026 (vs $100B prior) after Fable
A founder in his personal portfolio using Fable says the model is so powerful that Anthropic moves from a path-to-$100B ARR to $150-200B. Anecdotal but a demand data point with Fa…
$ANTHROPICbullish· medium· posev
Ev: Portfolio founder says Anthropic could hit $150-200B ARR with Fable
A portfolio founder using Fable believes Anthropic will exceed $100B ARR this year, reaching $150-200B, because the model is so powerful it will drive massive incremental spend.
$MISTRALbullish· mediumev
Ev: Mistral well-positioned as sovereign European AI alternative despite model gap
Mistral benefits from European sovereignty demands; even if its models trail US frontier, enterprises will prefer a second-best model they control over a best-in-class model that…
$PANW···bullish· mediumev
Palo Alto, CrowdStrike, Cloudflare, Datadog, Palantir: the surviving SaaS premium above 15x NTM
The market's SaaS filter has been discriminating: Palo Alto, CrowdStrike, Cloudflare, Datadog, and Palantir all trade above 15x NTM revenue. They have a usage-based component, an…
$INTU···bearish· lowev
Intuit: TurboTax exposed to replication by coding agents
A meaningful part of the profit comes from TurboTax, now perceived as easily replicable by AI coding agents. A classic bad-attribute SaaS.
$FIG···neutral· lowev
Figma Make: usage-based component undervalued by the market
Figma also has Figma Make in the AI market with a usage-based component, but the market is not giving it credit because the bad outweighs the good (similar to Wix). Potential misp…
$ADBE···bearish· highev
Adobe at 8x free cash flow: cheap but NVDA at 16x is the better trade
Has every bad SaaS attribute: 80% market share (only share to lose), product replicable by gen AI, wrong business model, no internal AI talent. Needs an institutional catalyst (ne…
$ADBE···bearish· mediumev
Ev: Adobe has milked users via financial engineering; needs founder-led product renaissance
Adobe's product experience is poor (licensing confusion, login issues) reflecting decades of value extraction; a cultural reset led by a product visionary (like Intercom's Owen) i…
$LOCUS-ROBOTICSneutral· medium· posharry stebbings
Harry: Robotics adoption is a multi-decade journey; <1% of manual labor replaced after 30 years
Despite 15k robots deployed and $180M revenue, robotics penetration remains tiny because warehouse economics require robots to cost half of minimum wage labor, and real-world edge…
$SPCX···bearish· mediumharry stebbings
Harry takes under on SpaceX stock in 6 months due to low float gamma squeeze
SpaceX's post-IPO stock will decline in 6 months because only 4% float trades, enabling gamma squeezes and forced buying from index inclusion that artificially inflate price befor…
$TSLA···bullish· highev
Ev: Tesla's valuation reflects Elon's long-dated call options on FSD and Optimus
Tesla's market cap exceeds fundamental auto valuation because Elon convinces markets to price in 10-year moonshots (FSD, Optimus) that he has a track record of delivering, creatin…
SpaceX/Elon exercises Crusoe option at $60B: a $4B-$6B run-rate by year-end
Elon exercised the right to buy Crusoe at $60B; estimated $4B in revenue today on the way to $6B by year-end. A prescient deal with lockup retention for the team. It solved the co…
$SPCX···bullish· highrory o'driscoll
SpaceX AI run-rate already tops Starlink+launch after Anthropic and Google deals
Anthropic contract of $1.25B plus Google $700M (September activation) create roughly $24B/year in CoreWeave-like AI revenue, surpassing the combined SpaceX/Starlink run-rate. Elon…
$ANTHROPICbullish· highev
Ev sees >50% chance Anthropic IPOs this year despite Fable ban wrinkle
Anthropic's IPO probability remains >50% because SpaceX's stellar reception sets a high prior; the Fable export restriction is a significant wrinkle but not a blocker given eye-wa…
$MISTRALbullish· mediumrory o'driscoll
Mistral at $20B: the sovereign play beats best-of-breed on geopolitics
Even if Mistral isn't as good as the US/China models, the sovereignty risk premium justifies the bid. They've scaled to $500M+ ARR with an FD model. The Anthropic ban reinforces t…
$NVDA···bullish· mediumev
Ev: Sovereign AI efforts will drive massive chip demand, benefiting Nvidia
As countries pursue sovereign AI models, they will need to buy their own chips, creating a huge tailwind for Nvidia regardless of which model wins.
$CRM···bullish· mediumrory o'driscoll
Salesforce-Finn $3.6B: golden path for a pre-AI SaaS turnaround
Smart acquisition because Finn/Intercom is the canonical pre-AI SaaS company that successfully pivoted to outcome-based pricing. Salesforce needs this same transformation to reign…
$CRM···bullish· mediumed
Ed: Salesforce acquisition of Intercom is smart template for AI transition
Intercom's successful pivot from seat-based to outcome-based pricing (per resolution) makes it a canonical example for Salesforce to reignite growth via Agentforce; the deal bring…
$WIX···neutral· lowrory o'driscoll
Wix at 1x revenue: ugly, but with a wasted buyback and a PE take-private candidate
The stock trades at 1x revenue after a guidance cut and 20% layoffs. The burn-the-boats AI story is critical versus Lovable and Replit; the Base44 acquisition was smart, but the b…
$WIX···neutral· mediumharry stebbings
Harry: Wix at 1x revenue is a mental note buy if AI leverage emerges
Wix trades at 1x revenue after a failed buyback; bear case is website building becomes a subset of AI agents like Lovable/Replit, but if they create any AI leverage the stock is v…
$WIX···bearish· highed
Ed: Wix bears outweigh bulls on replicability, incumbent risk, lame product
Wix faces massive replicability from AI coding agents, incumbent share loss, business model exposure, and a relatively lame product vs. AI-native competitors; its Base acquisition…
$INTU···bearish· mediumed
Ed: Intuit's TurboTax profit at risk from AI replication
A significant portion of Intuit's profit comes from TurboTax, which is perceived as highly replicable by AI coding agents, creating a structural threat to its core revenue.
$WIX···bullish· mediumev
Ev: Wix should go private at 1x revenue via PE takeout
At 1x revenue, Wix is a compelling take-private candidate; management should partner with PE (like Michael Dell/Silver Lake) to grind through the AI transition away from public ma…
$ADBE···bearish· highed
Ed: Adobe has every bad SaaS attribute at 8x FCF – only share to lose, replicable product, wrong model
Adobe's 80% market share means only share loss ahead; generative AI makes its product increasingly replicable, its seat-based model is outdated, and it lacks usage-based revenue o…
$NVDA···bullish· highed
Ed: Nvidia at 16x earnings is the AI poster child with 80% compute share vs. Adobe at 8x FCF
Hedge funds prefer Nvidia because it captures every AI tailwind (compute demand, inference scaling, sovereign chip buys) with dominant market share, while Adobe's cheapness is a v…
$NVDA···bullish· highev
NVIDIA at 16x earnings: the obvious pair trade versus legacy SaaS
It trades at 16x earnings with an 80% share of AI's most critical compute stack. The SOX index is up 325% over five years versus the Bessemer Cloud index down 44%. The obvious tra…
Harry: Standard Bots' pragmatic non-humanoid arm approach is correct for industrial automation
Standard Bots avoids over-engineered humanoid legs, focusing on integrated hardware/software robotic arms that can be quickly trained for discrete manufacturing tasks, a more viab…
$TSLA···bullish· lowrory o'driscoll
Tesla / Optimus: a long-dated call option is the only path to a robotics takeoff
Elon sells long-dated call options to the market and tends to deliver. The robotics buildout is a slow journey (just 3M robots globally versus 1B manual workers); Optimus is the a…