{"id":667613,"date":"2026-10-28T08:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T08:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/667613\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T08:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T08:02:11","slug":"elon-musk-says-spacex-is-now-a-super-intelligence-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/667613\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Says SpaceX Is Now a &#8220;Super Intelligence&#8221; Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Depending on who you talk to and listen to, the term &#8220;artificial intelligence&#8221; is out &#8212; and the term &#8220;super intelligence&#8221; is in. The linguistic pivot reflects evolving views about the capabilities of highly advanced computing, and you can count Space Exploration Technologies (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/quote\/nasdaq\/spcx\/\" class=\"font-bold hover:underline\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SPCX<\/a> +1.14%) CEO Elon Musk among those favoring the vernacular promoted by President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>In the company&#8217;s recent third-quarter report, SpaceX renamed its artificial intelligence segment to &#8220;Super Intelligence.&#8221; While the company made its name with its rocket-launching services and Starlink satellite communications business, Musk has been highlighting the increasing importance of compute to the business. Following SpaceX&#8217;s recent quarterly report, it&#8217;s clear that the company has made a major transition.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A dollar sign and a chart line going up.\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"880\" height=\"584\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"h-auto max-w-full rounded object-contain\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793174531_239_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Image source: Getty Images.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX&#8217;s Q3 report marked a huge turning point<\/p>\n<p>To a large extent, the distinction between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/investing\/stock-market\/market-sectors\/information-technology\/ai-stocks\/\" class=\"text-cyan-900 hover:text-cyan-800\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">artificial intelligence<\/a> and super intelligence is academic. It&#8217;s a difference in terminology for the same essential technologies. Trump has been promoting the term &#8220;super intelligence&#8221; in recent weeks, saying it is a more accurate description of AI. And Musk has been one of Trump&#8217;s top supporters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the third quarter, sales for SpaceX&#8217;s recently renamed super intelligence segment rocketed 830% higher year over year to hit $7.56 billion. The growth made super intelligence the company&#8217;s largest segment by revenue.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the super intelligence segment now generates more revenue than the combined revenue of its space and connectivity segments. The connectivity segment increased its sales by 68% to $5.25 billion, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/investing\/stock-market\/market-sectors\/industrials\/space-stocks\/\" class=\"text-cyan-900 hover:text-cyan-800\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">space segment<\/a> grew revenue 6% to reach $1.77 billion &#8212; bringing their combined sales to $7.02 billion. Performance in the SI segment drove the company&#8217;s sales, up 161% year over year to $14.6 billion in Q3.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"text-[#2680B7] tabular-nums hover:text-[#2680B7] hover:underline\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/quote\/nasdaq\/spcx\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SPCX<\/a> &#8211; Space Exploration Technologies<\/p>\n<p>$148.58+$1.68 (+1.14%)<\/p>\n<p class=\"m-0 text-xs leading-4 font-medium whitespace-nowrap text-foolcom-fg-muted tabular-nums\">NASDAQ \u00b7 As of 4:00 PM ET 10\/27\/26<\/p>\n<p>With the super intelligence segment growing revenue far faster than either of the company&#8217;s other two segments, the core of SpaceX has changed substantially. It&#8217;s likely that the segment will only become increasingly central going forward.<\/p>\n<p>In the company&#8217;s third-quarter conference call, Musk said that he expects SpaceX to reach between $500 billion and $1 trillion in annualized recurring revenue by the end of 2027. Even hitting the low end of that target range would be a massive achievement. The company&#8217;s Super Intelligence business segment will likely be the primary driver of the growth required to achieve that guidance level.<\/p>\n<p>Following some recent market volatility, SpaceX now has a market capitalization of roughly $2 trillion. That&#8217;s an impressive valuation given that the business generated roughly $18.7 billion in sales last year.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the company&#8217;s SI segment is turbocharging growth. SpaceX remains a high-risk, high-reward stock, and the company&#8217;s huge bet on the artificial intelligence market carries inherent risks, but the incredible momentum in the business&#8217;s SI segment provides meaningful justification for the tech specialist&#8217;s valuation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Depending on who you talk to and listen to, the term &#8220;artificial intelligence&#8221; is out &#8212; and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[61,60,82,247],"class_list":["post-667613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}