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Harvard’s moonshot got very real
Harvard Management Co. just showed its hand: a $2.2 billion stake in SpaceX, which now stands as the university’s largest disclosed public equity holding. That’s not pocket change, even by endowment standards — it’s bigger than its visible bets in Amazon, Nvidia, TSMC, Cerebras, and Alphabet.
Why investors care
The filing matters for two reasons. First, it gives you a rare glimpse into how one of the smartest capital allocators on the planet is thinking about late-stage private-turned-public tech. Second, SpaceX’s stock has been on a roller coaster since its June Nasdaq debut, which means big institutions are clearly still willing to lean in while the price is bouncing around like a caffeinated ping-pong ball.
SpaceX’s latest rebound came after the company reported second-quarter revenue of $7.81 billion, up 92% year over year and above Wall Street’s $6.93 billion estimate. Translation: the business is growing fast enough that even the post-IPO drama hasn’t scared away the deep-pocketed crowd.
The bigger picture
Harvard isn’t alone here either. Nvidia also disclosed a huge SpaceX stake, and Alphabet revealed an even larger one. So while SpaceX is still the newest kid on the public-market block, the message from the moneyed class is pretty clear: this rocket ship still has believers.
Big picture: when Harvard, Nvidia, and Alphabet are all circling the same name, you pay attention — even if the stock is still trying to figure out whether it wants to behave like a startup or a grown-up public company.