Subj : SpaceX $1.5T target ¨, Meta AI internal confusion ¨, the 0.1x engineer ¨¨ To : All From : TLDR Date : Wed Dec 10 2025 11:23:24 --rJi0pxcz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable SpaceX is moving ahead with plans for an initial public offering that cou= ld raise significantly more than $30 billion, targeting a valuation of = $1.5T=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C= =C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C= =C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0 Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 = =09=09TLDR=20 =09=09TOGETHER WITH [WorkOS] [4] TLDR 2025-12-10 = HOW TO STOP BOTS FROM ABUSING FREE TRIALS (SPONSOR) [4]=20 Free tri= als help AI apps grow, but bots and fake accounts exploit them [5]. 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OpenAI hires Slack CEO Deni= se Dresser to lead global revenue strategy (2 minute read)

OpenAI has hired Slack's CEO, Denise Dr= esser, as its chief revenue officer. Dresser will oversee OpenAI's global r= evenue strategy across both customer success and enterprise. She was an exe= cutive at Salesforce for more than a decade before being named as Slack's C= EO in 2023. OpenAI is on track to reach more than $20 billion in annualized= revenue run rate this year. It plans to grow to hundreds of billions in sa= les by 2030.
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Companies only hire people because they= can't do all of the work themselves. If every founder could handle all of = the tasks themselves, there wouldn't be anywhere near the number of jobs we= have today. The only reason the current labor market exists is because the= re's a group of founders/owners who need help producing their goods and ser= vices. These people aren't required to hire anyone, and the moment they can= do the work themselves, they will.
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