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swyx estimates he missed about $500M by not buying SpaceX at its IPO

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AI engineer swyx says he estimates he missed about $500M by not buying SpaceX stock at its IPO. He posted the estimate on X on October 27, 2026, saying he would likely have learned of the offering early through his work as a TypeScript CLI maintainer on Claude Code.

He wrote it as his turn after other people posted similar missed-gain estimates from the IPO. The figure is his own estimate, and the post includes no supporting calculation.

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    AIswyx 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.

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