The wildest thing to me of the SpaceX IPO is the people I personally know who have newly liquid generational wealth from investing in SpaceX early on and are selling precisely zero shares
Gauntlet AI founder Austen Allred says early SpaceX investors are holding all shares despite a liquidity event
Engineer Nick Dobos suggests holding could double their wealth.
Many users viewed early SpaceX investors retaining shares after the IPO as a strong bullish signal of long-term confidence in future growth and the mission, while others warned of excessive key man risk and urged selling some holdings.
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@HasdrubaalBarca No, they’re not selling post lockup

@Austen The wildest thing to me is, people I know who never talked about stocks were posting about their interest and orders for SPCX IPO lottery.

@Austen they’re not selling because the lockup has their shares in federal custody until at least August

@Austen Been in for 10 years and will probably sell a small percentage to rebalance my portfolio. However very excited about the future at SpaceX long term.

@Austen @HasdrubaalBarca Are you reading the future? Pretty sure they’ll sell as soon as they can

@0xRysk A lot. Most of the people who invested in my company at scale were early SpaceX investors.

@Austen ok

@Austen How many early investors do you know?

@Austen If I had SpaceX shares, I would never sell.

@Austen As a longtime (since this morning) share (singular) owner, I have no intention of selling.

@Louisfortino @Austen @HasdrubaalBarca He’s going by what they say. You’re the one actually trying to predict the future.

@Austen @100MBTC My shares are locked up, and I’m buying more on the market.

@Austen Well, they should sell some. Way too much key man risk to have that much tied up in it.

@Jules___7 @Louisfortino @HasdrubaalBarca I know them well and have watched their actions for a decade

@Austen @HasdrubaalBarca that is what they are telling you so you don't sell before them

@Austen They can’t sell, when they get the opportunity, see if they sing the same tune

@CaminaDrummer4 @Austen many such holders

@100MBTC @Austen At some point we will have a huge hype wave and I will get my initial investment back then.

@CaminaDrummer4 @Austen maybe ship catch or orbital refueling
but it would be so dumb to sell before they land humans back on moon imho

@RyanGSpalding @Austen Key man or cult of personality