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Technology

The State of the Billionaire Space Race

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Blue Origin is going slower than SpaceX, but it also nailed a massive rocket launch on the first try. Jeff Bezos is back in the space race.

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Photo via ESA/Mlabspace

Industrials

Europe Spends $11 billion to have an Alternative to Starlink

It’s part of the EU’s goal to build its own spacefaring infrastructure, reducing its dependence on US private companies.

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Industrials

Musk Ally, Space Traveller to Run NASA in Boon to SpaceX

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will soon have a friend in very high places after Trump names Jared Isaacman to lead NASA.

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Big Tech

Starlink’s Transport Ambitions Notch a Big, United-Shaped Win

United Airlines announced that it’s struck a deal with SpaceX’s satellite internet service, Starlink, to beam Wi-Fi into its planes.

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Industrials

Is Monetization the Final Frontier for the Commercial Space Industry?

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As the ISS is decommissioned, several space station projects are in the works, but a business model may be the final frontier.

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Photo via ESA – M. Pédoussaut

Industrials

Europe Wants to Wean Itself off SpaceX

A new kind of European rocket plans to take off from the European Space Agency’s launch pad in French Guiana.

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Banking

Goldman Sachs Taps a New Generation of Leadership Ahead of Deals Boom

The toast of Wall Street has elevated a new generation of executives to run its investment banking and trading operations.

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Artificial Intelligence

Mistral CEO Says the Company Wants an IPO

Mistral is among a clutch of privately held AI startups like OpenAI and Anthropic that have seen valuations soar.

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Policy & Power

Is Trump Pivoting From a Trade War to an International Tax Fight?

The Trump 2.0 era may have officially begun this week, but the much-hyped tariff-fueled trade war has not. At least, not yet.

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