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What stands out

The clip centers on a Bloomberg report that SpaceX is seeking roughly $40B in new debt to buy Nvidia chips for its Colossus 2 data-center buildout, and the hosts parse whether that level of spending makes sense. The conversation focuses on the scale of compute required, how Musk plans to run his Grok bot on outside AI models including Anthropic’s Claude, and how Musk’s social-media comments have recently whipsawed chip stocks. The hosts also highlight a fresh squeeze on capital as SpaceX, chip firms and the U.S. Treasury all chase funding around the same time.