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▶ 3:00 · $SPCX · SpaceX’s Secret, Nuclear's Rebirth, and the AI Power Crisis
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Joe Lonsdale

SpaceX’s Secret, Nuclear's Rebirth, and the AI Power Crisis

2026-06-05 · 6 company · 7 thematic
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scott nolan

Partner at Founders Fund, where he invests in engineering-driven companies across sectors including biotech, energy, infrastructure, and transportation. He was previously an early employee at SpaceX.

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“the basic software that ran the company was all about performance. It was all about cost adjusted performance... every single day we're spending X dollars. If you're on the critical path of schedule and you can make a one-time decision to…”
—scott nolan

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