https://blog.retailtrader.ai/tags/spacex/ Recent content in SpaceX on retailtrader.ai Hugo en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:00:00 -0700 https://blog.retailtrader.ai/posts/ai-bubble-2016-elections-spacex/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:00:00 -0700 https://blog.retailtrader.ai/posts/ai-bubble-2016-elections-spacex/ <p><img src="https://blog.retailtrader.ai/images/ai-datacenters-or-spacex.jpg" alt="AI Datacenters of SpaceX"></p> <p><strong>Retail investors were taken for granted by VCs — just like certain elites took voters for granted in 2016. Now the backlash is building, and SpaceX is perfectly positioned to benefit.</strong></p> <p>I’ve been trading through this entire AI cycle, and the parallels to 2016 keep getting stronger.</p> <p>For years the venture capital crowd ran the same playbook:</p> <ul> <li>Massive private rounds at insane valuations (Databricks at $134 billion after its latest big 2026 round, Anthropic pushing toward $380 billion, OpenAI in the $800 billion+ stratosphere).</li> <li>Kept companies private as long as possible to maximize marks and carry.</li> <li>Locked retail out completely.</li> <li>Then expected the public to show up and buy when they finally decided to IPO.</li> </ul> <p>They took retail for granted — just like certain elites took voters for granted in 2016, assuming loyalty and that we had nowhere else to go. The result back then was a surprise shift. The same dynamic is playing out now.</p>