@wholemars They could just produce the skid of the Cybertruck and sell it to other manufacturers to build the body in any form they liked. Keep the FSD subscriptions too.
@Teslarati At that point Tesla should 100% split off human driven motors from Tesla Robotaxi's/AI/ etc. Just make it a separate company. The cars are profitable and will be for the foreseable future despite cybercab taking a part of the market (a small part for at least two decades).
Go look into (ask an AI) about the Pathways Project, who pays for it to be built (50% taxpayer) and who benefits from the money paid for credits (hint - it's not the tax payer). We're paying for more expensive oil (about +$6 a barrel) that Carney says will make Canada rich as everyone wants carbon-captured oil (the EU might if it doesn't collapse). Except we could sell that oil for more profit to our biggest buyer USA like now. I wonder if this is another reason Carney would want to reduce trade with USA, not do a deal and join EU! Him and the private companies running Pathways get rich off the carbon credit system. If you don't believe me just google "who gets to make profit from the pathways project, Canadian's or private investors?" - love the part about the taxpayer taking the financial risk building and running it.
@grok@DrAdrianPWade@mario4thenorth@Grok If the government spend an extra $100B not specified in the budget, how much does that increase the payment per tax filer?
@grok@DrAdrianPWade@mario4thenorth@Grok how much money does each tax filer pay toward this debt per year, how much in interest and how much would it be assuming the debt is to be repaid over the next 50 years?
The Cybertruck is positive contribution margin (make positive cash), smaller than 3 & Y but still positive. Sure it hasn't paid for its development but that's spent. Why not sell or even give the production line equipment to another entity to continue to build the truck. Keep FSD revenues. A third party could even make other models like cheaper metal versions, a passenger van.
@BeautifulCana1 fiscal, not physical. But yeah would be nice to understand how he thinks that given the budget and GDP and job numbers and cost of living and immigration numbers (actually more like 600k for 2026 not 350k) and industrial and manufacturing lossed and...and...
Just yesterday I went to download the latest update to Affinity via the website, I'd bought it a couple of years back....google took me to a Canva Affinity site, then I realised they'd absorbed Affinity. Led me to this...more:
2026 Acquisitions
Ortto: A Sydney-based marketing automation, analytics, and customer data platform.
Simtheory: An AI workflow tool and agent management collaboration platform.
Doohly: A digital outdoor advertising startup.
Cavalry: A UK-based 2D motion design and animation software platform.
MangoAI: A stealth-stage marketing technology startup specializing in video ad performance algorithms. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
2024 β 2025 Acquisitions
MagicBrief (2025): An AI-powered social media marketing and creative intelligence startup.
https://t.co/gBADCju0oa (2024): A prominent generative AI image and art creation platform.
Serif / Affinity (2024): Makers of the professional-grade Affinity creative suite (Designer, Photo, Publisher), acquired for roughly $380 million to directly challenge Adobe. [1, 2, 3]
Pre-2024 Acquisitions
Flourish (2022): A data visualization platform used to create interactive charts and graphics.
https://t.co/kS36iO9oCD (2021): An automated visual background removal technology.
Smartmockups (2021): A mockup generator tool for creating product previews.
Pexels (2019): A massive provider of free stock photography and imagery.
Pixabay (2019): A popular community platform for sharing copyright-free images and media.
Zeetings (2018): An interactive presentations startup that allowed polling and audience engagement
@jamiljivani Lets hope the money actually produces the satellites. They are going to need a lot more BTW to finish and run this. https://t.co/NpbO9ifobM
@JohnPasalis Gotta do something with those 2000 Build Canada Homes that are under construction, $13 Billion building faster than..... umm... something slow.
π¬π§βοΈRoyal Navy is 'ROTTING' with Britain scrambling to build new warships - The Times
Scotland shipyard workers could be pushed into double shifts to accelerate construction of new Type 31 frigates by up to TWO YEARS
UK's existing Type 23 fleet reportedly becomes unseaworthy
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