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SpaceX shares fall 7% as AI spending surge offsets Musk's upgraded revenue target

8/6/2026

SpaceX shares fell 7% after a surge in AI spending rattled investors, overpowering CEO Elon Musk's effort to refocus attention on a more aggressive revenue outlook.

Musk moved the company's $1 trillion annual revenue target to 2030, pulling the prior 2031 forecast in by a full year. The spending news outweighed the timeline upgrade in the session.

The revenue call, pulled one year forward Musk's new projection places $1 trillion in annual SpaceX revenue on the 2030 calendar. The prior forecast had that number landing in 2031.

Musk framed the revision as a deliberate bid to project confidence, explicitly aiming to strike a bullish tone on SpaceX's trajectory. On paper, a one-year pull-forward on a target set years out is a narrow move.

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