# swyx estimates he fumbled a $500M bag on SpaceX's IPO

> Original title: at spacex ipo everyone was posting their cursor bag fumble.

- Source: swyx
- Published: 2026-10-27T14:35:00.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/vn0t97mlpo2pmn1vshkwhzwtd
- Original: https://x.com/swyx/status/2115089887959359988

## Summary

swyx says he estimates he missed about $500M by not buying SpaceX stock at its IPO, which he would likely have seen early through his work as a TypeScript CLI maintainer on Claude Code. He calls it his turn after others posted their cursor bag fumbles from the IPO.

## Post

at spacex ipo everyone was posting their cursor bag fumble.

kid stuff.

my turn.

i estimate this was a $500m bag fumble lol. and very probably wouldve been on claude code early (bc i've been a typescript cli maintainer). fml.

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## Quoted post @swyx

> will you buy $ANT stock at a $2T valuation?

https://x.com/swyx/status/2114864999709753526