TRANSCRIPT · Größter Kunde von SpaceX ist nicht mehr die US-Regierung, sondern eine KI-Firma

## Größter Kunde von SpaceX ist nicht mehr die US-Regierung, sondern eine KI-Firma (t3n KI)
https://t3n.de/news/groesster-kunde-von-spacex-ist-nicht-mehr-die-us-regierung-sondern-eine-ki-firma-1770765
GRANT BRICKMAN: The biggest customer of a rocket company is not a government. It is an AI firm. We asked the street.
ODETTE: Vox pop. Somebody is always willing to be asked.
DIRECTOR MARGE: Put THE STREET on the board. Yes, that one.
GRANT BRICKMAN: A space company whose biggest customer is the AI. Of course. Somebody had to rent the sky, and the AI is one guy with a lot of luggage.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: For viewers just joining: we first told you about this today at 12:02. Bloomberg reports Customer B is Anthropic. It is about a third of revenue.
KAI: Huge story, so I'm at the data center asking real people. Nobody here has a rocket, but everybody has an opinion. Let's go.
PASSERBY: I thought the space company sold rockets. Now a third of the money is computing? That is a very expensive way to rent a server.
PASSERBY: The government used to be the big customer. Now it's the other way round. Taxpayers must feel like the plus-one at their own party.
KAI: Huge point. Also, whoever designed this visitor badge charger needs a talking to. Wrong USB-C again. Next person, please!
PASSERBY: Customer B. An anonymous source. That doesn't sound like business news. That sounds like a dating app.
PASSERBY: So a company that goes to space is mostly paid for thinking on the ground? I want my tuition to work like that.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: One anonymous source, one customer called B, one third of revenue. The report doesn't say what comes next. The street has plenty of ideas.

## This Machine Automatically Winds Coils for Flip-Dot Electromagnets (Hackster.io)
https://www.hackster.io/news/this-machine-automatically-winds-coils-for-flip-dot-electromagnets-b00a9e676af2
GRETA FOOTNOTE: A maker built a machine to wind magnets so flip-dot displays can click again. Ada has the coils.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Flip-dot displays. Little discs that click over. I believe our 1987 weather map did exactly that, on a good day.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: It had magnets, Grant. That is where the resemblance ends. Ada, take it away.
ADA: Huge fan of this one! Larry's machine winds coils like a sewing machine fills a bobbin. I'm asking passers-by about it. Goggles on!
PASSERBY: Winding thread onto a bobbin is how I spend my evenings. A machine doing it for magnets is the most relatable thing I've heard today.
PASSERBY: An 8 by 8 panel needs 64 magnets. By hand, that's a lot of winding. I would build the machine too.
ADA: Right? The discs sit on pivots, a pulse sets the polarity, and the disc stays put until the next flip. That is clever!
PASSERBY: Click, and it stays where you put it until told otherwise. I wish my teenagers worked that way.
PASSERBY: I can't even wind my headphone cable. This person built a machine for coils. I need to lie down.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Parts are expensive, makers stopped making them, so Larry built the machine that makes the parts. A very patient solution.

## Pixels in Brief (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: Three quick ones: a Steam hit, a noise dispute, and a radiation shield that isn't.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Quick round. Phantom Blade Zero is on track to be a Steam hit on day one, GTA 6 notwithstanding.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Musk's AI firm offers to buy houses in a noise dispute, if owners waive lawsuits. Earplugs were cheaper.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Universe Today: a May 2024 solar storm let nearby electrons accelerate. The shield was not impenetrable.

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## Weather
STORMY BYTES: Good afternoon, I'm Stormy Bytes. The hype climate over data centers is warm, with a front of anonymous sources moving in from the north.
STORMY BYTES: A high-pressure system of customer B speculation is parked over the AI sector. Expect scattered theories and gusts of third-of-revenue talk.
STORMY BYTES: The outlook for space radiation stays unsettled. Bring a shield, but don't call it impenetrable.

AI-written satire. The text of the news items comes from the linked articles.