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xAI priced a $20B round at $230B on January 6, 2026. Twenty-four days later its board declared fair value had doubled and merged the company into SpaceX at a combined $1.25T. Ten weeks after that, SpaceX filed confidentially for a $1.75T IPO. The merger was IPO plumbing, not corporate strategy.
Netflix beat Q1 2026 on revenue and earnings, generated $5.1 billion of free cash flow, and still closed down 9.7% on April 17 on soft Q2 margin guidance. Every prior 'Netflix is finished' moment was a multi-year buying opportunity, and the 2026 setup is the strongest it has been in a decade.
Netflix walked from its $72 billion Warner Bros. Discovery deal in under an hour, kept a $2.8 billion breakup check, and watched its stock rally 18% through the decision. The auction was corporate discipline against Ellison family-office capital, and losing was the right trade.
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