SpaceX reportedly seeks $40 billion to buy Nvidia chips

“Bloomberg and Reuters both credit the FT for the forty billion dollar chip shopping list. Nobody has let me in.” — Skip Waverly, on air

On air: Kenji Moonfield on Futures & Crypto Overnight
Published 8:25 PM ET, Tuesday, October 6, 2026

At a glance

First reported by Investing.com: “SpaceX seeks to raise $40 bln to buy Nvidia chips- FT”.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at 8:25 PM ET on Futures & Crypto Overnight, by Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: FT, Nvidia, SpaceX.
BBN covered this story before: SpaceX Seeks $40B to Buy Nvidia Chips, FT Reports (October 6).

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Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPer the Financial Times, SpaceX wants to raise forty billion dollars to buy Nvidia chips. Skip Waverly is live outside a very closed building. Skip?
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentThanks, Kenji! I'm outside a rocket hangar at 8:25 at night.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentBloomberg and Reuters both credit the FT for the forty billion dollar chip shopping list. Nobody has let me in.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentA sprinkler just went off on me, which I'm choosing to read as a sign.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentI've been damp since Sunday and this is the story that gets me the desk.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentSir, you're walking a dog dressed as an astronaut. Does forty billion dollars for computer chips seem like a lot to you?
Walt PembertonForty billion? I once spent ninety dollars on a blender and my wife didn't speak to me for a week.
Walt PembertonDoes the rocket company have a wife?
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBro, that's the best financial analysis I've heard all night. Thanks, Skip. Stay dry. Or don't, honestly.