Co-Founder & MD @massive_vc. Investing in the inevitable future. @trybeemapp @drinkpath @ampaireinc @lunaroutpostinc @exowatt @ocient @spacex @operantAI

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Ari Newman retweeted
I’m at the bottom of a multi-layer SPV and am looking forward to the SpaceX IPO in much the same way a golden retriever looks forward to a car ride: - thrilled to be involved - no clue how cars work - unsure if going to the park or getting neutered
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I loved how Elon said "I gave this company less than a 10% chance". He's a 1-of-1 entrepreneur and human. Say what you want about his antics, politics, comments, etc., but his ability to shape our future and create value is just incredible and unprecedented. 🚀
I believe that @SpaceX is the most important company ever It transcends the scope of a traditional company It will open up the Stars Elon had the vision And then the team pushed through limitless pain to get where they are Which is just the beginning
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Ari Newman retweeted
JUST IN: THE SPACEX $SPCX IPO IS REPORTEDLY APPROACHING 4X OVERSUBSCRIBED Investor demand has topped $250B for what's set to be the largest IPO in history, as per Reuters. And it may be moving the entire market: - Demand: $250B ($75B target) - Oversubscription rate: 3.5x-4x - Long-only funds submitting sizable orders - Pricing expected Thursday afternoon - SpaceX execs hosting 300 institutional investors at a Morgan Stanley lunch today - Musk briefly joined some investor Zoom meetings during the roadshow Some analysts are speculating the broader market retreat (Nasdaq lower, BTC 37% below its January high) is partly driven by SpaceX buyers selling assets to participate.
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Ari Newman retweeted
.@satyanadella just put the whole "water" debate to rest. Datacenters run on a closed loop cooling system, the water usage of a datacenter for an entire year is roughly equivalent to a usage of 1 restaurant!
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Colorado's 2nd Annual Deep Tech Summit Recap is live! open.substack.com/pub/massiv…
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This is wild... Russia seems to be threatening a *commercial* satellite that provides imaging services to Ukraine: ▸ starting about two weeks ago, Russia started maneuvering five (!) of their classified satellites to the same orbital inclination as the ICEYE satellite ▸ these burns were big, on the order of 100 m/s, clearly using chemical propulsion given the speed of the burns — very expensive and deliberate maneuvers ▸ as of last Friday, all five Russian satellites are now co-planar, at ~97.8° inclination, with three of ICEYE's satellites, and aligned in other orbital elements (e.g. RAAN) that make it clear they're specifically targeting this set ▸ I am a little skeptical that Russia is specifically targeting -X36 — there are two other satellites at the same inclination/RAAN (-X37 and -X38) — but the Russian sats are now all within striking distance of -X36, which is why people are concerned about it specifically; the closest cross-track distance is an estimated 500 meters (!!), all while the satellites are orbit 550 kilometers above Earth ▸ Russia has unleashed a cyberattack on a commercial satellite before (Viasat), and it is official Russian policy that commercially-owned infrastructure that aids in military efforts "may be legitimate target[s] for a retaliatory strike.” ▸ there's speculation that this could be a precursor to an RPO mission (meaning: physically grabbing the satellite or some other kind of non-kinetic attack like blinding/jamming) Worth tracking closely. And unfortunately more evidence that space is militarizing, fast.
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Time to end Almonds.
Insane stat of the day: California almonds use roughly 3–5.5 million acre-feet of water per year, depending on methodology. That's ~4-7x more water than all data centers in North America used combined in 2025.
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Absolutely bonkers to read this. Delta lost Starlink because they don’t understand how deeply Starlink cares about UX. Friction in UX is death. This is why we all hate existing airplane WiFi. Delta will lose business. I was totally wrong about why Delta went with Amazon. It’s way worse.
Not exactly. SpaceX requires that there be no annoying “portal” to use Starlink. Starlink WiFi must just work effortlessly every time, as though you were at home. Delta wanted to make it painful, difficult and expensive for their customers. Hard to see how that is a winning strategy.
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Starlink on @united mainline can't come fast enough. Got a taste on a regional flight. Trying to get meaningful work done on this Panasonic GEO pipe is infuriating. Its game over for GEO-based Aviation wifi.
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Colorado is not on this list. Not surprised. Between the state’s damaging AI bill SB24-2025 and the data center water misinformation campaign (new DCs are designed with closed refrigeration systems) and the state’s TABOR rules that prevent us from incentivizing developers, we are losing out on huge economic opportunities. Frustrated. Love building in CO wish this was not the case. This is why I support ensuringcolorado.com/

Larry Fink just told you which 10 states benefit from the insane data center super cycle coming. The buildout is tripling. Across the top 10, the announced column runs roughly 3x the operational column. Texas has 610 announced on 212 operational. Virginia has 498 on 320. Pennsylvania has 209 on a base of 32. Georgia has 340 on 62. The pipeline follows one variable: megawatts. Virginia is the world's biggest data center hub with 320 operational. Dominion Energy now quotes a seven-year wait to connect a single new data center over 100 MW. The full interconnection queue can run 15 years. The hub physically cannot plug in new customers fast enough, so the announced builds route elsewhere. Texas wins on the grid. ERCOT runs independently. Permian gas sits at the doorstep. Transmission clears faster than in any other large state. The grid is the moat. Pennsylvania is the most telling line on the chart. 32 operational, 209 announced. It vaulted to #4 on a single project class: nuclear restart. Constellation is bringing Three Mile Island Unit 1 back as the Crane Clean Energy Center. 835 MW dedicated to Microsoft on a 20-year PPA. No fully shut commercial reactor has ever been restarted in America. This is the first. The playbook is being studied for every dormant reactor on the continent. California sits at #8 with 166 operational and 6 under construction. Six. The state that built Silicon Valley has six data centers under construction. CEQA, power costs, and a Cal ISO queue longer than Dominion's killed the build. Now look at who's publishing the list. BlackRock has raised $12.5B toward a $30B target for the AI Infrastructure Partnership, mobilizing up to $100B once leveraged. The same consortium paid $40B for Aligned Data Centers in October. Largest data center deal in history. This chart is the investment thesis. Sort it by available megawatts and you get the same list.
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Congrats to @LunarOutpostInc - excited to continue to support your growth. Moon base here we come!
We are excited to announce a $30M Series B led by @IndustriousVC, with participation from @TypeOneVC, @EniacVC, Reliable Equity, @PromusVentures, @endeavor_global, and others to accelerate the critical industrial mobility layer required for a Moon Base. “Lunar Outpost is moving beyond early missions to scaled, repeatable deployment,” said @TaylorCSargent, Partner at Industrious Ventures. “They’ve proven they can build for one of the most challenging environments imaginable, with significant demand across government programs and commercial customers. They are building the systems that will be relied on again and again as we return to the Moon, set our sights on Mars, and build a robust space economy.” The Series B builds on a strong foundation of financial success and market validation. Lunar Outpost has doubled its revenue each year for the past four years and secured eight fully contracted lunar and cislunar missions. Lunar Outpost has consistently delivered ahead of schedule on aggressive timelines, with multiple systems already delivered and deployed. Combined with a strong cadence of government and commercial contracts, the new financing ensures the company is well-positioned as it executes on its rapidly expanding mission portfolio. Read more: lunaroutpost.com/post/lunar-… #TheNextLeap #LunarOutpost #DrivingArtemis #SpaceTech #Innovation
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Love this Barron's piece about small regional RIAs getting into the growth funding game. It might signal we are nearing the peak of the AI bubble. Retail demand is peaking while OpenAI is already crashing. Some of us have seen this movie before.... barrons.com/advisor/articles… They are going to bypass putting their clients into venture funds and go all in on a single bet at the top of the AI market. What could go wrong?
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Very big deal!
This is a big deal for SpaceX's @Starlink. Today, the FCC today voted to modernize its satellite spectrum-sharing rules. They’re replacing the old EPFD limits, which capped power levels on next-gen satellites (like Starlink’s LEO constellation) to overly protect older GSO satellites, with new performance-based protections that reflect today’s advanced tech. FCC: "The current, decades-old regulatory regime has significantly limited the ability of operators to deliver high-speed, low-latency broadband services to consumers. Until now, NGSO operators’ power levels have been restricted by EPFD limits developed in the late-1990s to protect GSO satellites. Such Limits were based on theoretical designs for NGSO systems of that era, long before modern advancements were developed for the NGSO constellations currently in orbit. This government-imposed overprotection of GSO systems has meant that American households and businesses—most critically in rural and remote areas—do not receive the fastest space-based broadband American innovation has available." Basically this means that consumers could see a 7X increase in capacity.
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The Fiction Was a Warning Label - new post on Substack about quantum, AI, and the rise of #QSI - Quantum Superintellence open.substack.com/pub/arinew…
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Peak AI bubble vibes here. This happened during the dot-com era with cars. Porsche dealership in Redwood City accepted stock option paper as loan / lease collateral back then. It was nuts, but they wanted to move cars; everyone was rich on paper, until that paper went to zero overnight.
$4.85M Bay Area home for sale. Cash not accepted. Anthropic shares only. The seller's a banker. The buyer he wants is a 28-year-old Anthropic engineer. Who has stock but no cash. Houses in the Bay are now priced in pre-IPO equity. This used to be a joke. Now it's on LinkedIn.
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