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Elon Musk’s X is now worth less than a quarter of its $44 billion purchase price (techcrunch.com)
submitted 3 months ago by GeneralInterest to c/technology
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"Fidelity is currently valuing X at about $9.4 billion"

I found this funny.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 months ago (10 children)

its worth comes from being able to influence world politics. Does he seem like someone who cares or needs money?

[–] vvvvv 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Twitter currently has $1.5 billion/year deficit which is a lot, even for Musk, to bankroll.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

that brightens my day a little to hear

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Source? Where is that money going?

[–] thesporkeffect 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Interest on loans, payroll, cloud infrastructure e.g. AWS

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Those are mostly operating costs, offset by revenue, but are they actually losing 1.5 billion dollars a year? I mean, I hope so, but are they really?

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