Hal Bame

CEO, Co-Founder. Investor /Tech Advisor/ Consultant, Web2 & Web3, Video Games. Entrepreneur. Digital Growth. USPTA member. Tennis, Skiing, F1 enthusiast.

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

California will be bankrupt by 2030.

If you’re expecting a state pension, it is at risk.

If you don’t believe it, check Grok or Gemini and explore how California politicians changed the reporting rules on your pension so they could hide how underwater it is.

The middle class citizens of California will soon be asked to pay a huge price to bail out the state.

Why them?

Because that is where most of the wealth of California resides. It’s easy to single out “billionaires” but there aren’t many of them and they can and will all leave before the bottom falls out. They are leaving in droves already.

The mismanagement in California is biblical - and the scale is huge because it’s the world’s 4th largest economy.

California politicians and their henchmen are now entering the coverup phase where they can no longer hide their financial incompetence so they are taking from average California residents to try and hide what they’ve done:

You will soon see ballot initiatives with fancy tiles like “billionaire tax”. But those are lies. They are mechanisms to tax everything, every way:

Excise taxes
Wealth taxes
Private property confiscation

It’s all happening now.

If you want to preserve California, you will need to stand up because California has become a kleptocracy.

[Ricardo @Ric_RTP]

Elon Musk just confirmed the most INSANE IPO in history.

SpaceX is going public in 2026.

$1.5 TRILLION valuation. Raising $30+ billion.

That's the biggest IPO ever made. Beating Saudi Aramco's $29 billion record from 2019.

But here's what everyone's missing:

This isn't about space tourism or Mars missions.

Elon is literally about to win the entire AI race.

And 99% of people have no idea how...

Here's the problem killing every AI company right now:

POWER.

Oracle just reported earnings.

They burned through $12 BILLION in one quarter building data centers.

Their free cash flow? NEGATIVE $10 billion.

Revenue missed estimates. Stock crashed 11%.

Microsoft, Amazon, Google all scrambling to find enough electricity for AI training.

The brutal math:

The US generates 490 gigawatts of total power.

AI is projected to need 123 gigawatts by 2035.

That's a QUARTER of the entire electrical grid. Just for artificial intelligence.

Goldman Sachs says AI energy demand could jump 165% by 2030.

There is literally not enough power on Earth to run AI at the scale these companies are promising.

Every data center needs massive cooling systems. Billions of gallons of water per year. Insane energy costs.

And the infrastructure can't keep up.

Elon's solution?

Stop building on Earth entirely.

SpaceX is building data centers in SPACE.

Not a concept. Not 10 years out. Literally starting in 2026.

They're upgrading Starlink V3 satellites to carry AI computing chips.

Each satellite gets 24/7 solar power. No clouds. No night. No weather disruptions. No grid bottlenecks.

And the insane part is that Starship can deliver 300 to 500 gigawatts of solar-powered AI satellites into orbit every single year.

At 300 gigawatts per year, the AI computing power in space would exceed the entire U.S. economy's total electricity consumption within two years.

Just from satellites. Processing in orbit.

While Oracle is begging banks for loans to finish data centers and OpenAI is stuck in circular funding arrangements with Microsoft, Elon already owns everything:

The rockets. The satellites. The launch infrastructure. The AI company (xAI).

He doesn't need to ask utilities for permission.

Doesn't need grid approvals from local governments.

Doesn't need to build nuclear plants or wait for clean energy.

He just launches.

And everyone else is scrambling to catch up:

Jeff Bezos sees it. Blue Origin announced they're building their own orbital data centers.

Google just launched "Project Suncatcher" with plans to deploy AI satellites by 2027.

Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, literally BOUGHT an entire rocket company (Relativity Space) just to compete in this space.

But they're all 3+ years behind Elon.

SpaceX already has 6,000+ Starlink satellites in orbit. The infrastructure is built.

The $30 billion from the IPO?

Going straight into scaling orbital compute.

SpaceX revenue is jumping from $15 billion in 2025 to $24 billion in 2026.

Most of that from Starlink. Now add space-based AI infrastructure on top.

Here's why this matters:

Whoever controls orbital computing controls the AI revolution.

And there's only ONE company on Earth with fully reusable rockets that can launch at the scale required.

Jensen Huang, Nvidia's CEO, called space data centers "a dream."

Translation: Nvidia is screwed if Elon actually pulls this off.

Because if SpaceX succeeds, every AI company on the planet becomes Elon's customer.

OpenAI needs compute? Running on SpaceX satellites.

Google needs more capacity? Renting orbital infrastructure.

Microsoft needs power? Paying SpaceX for launch and compute access.

Elon won't just be in the AI race.

He'll own the entire track everyone else is running on.

The $1.5 trillion valuation sounds crazy until you realize what he's actually building.

It's not a rocket company. It's the infrastructure layer for the next 50 years of computing.

People calling it overvalued have no idea what's coming.

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

Last quarter I rolled out Microsoft Copilot to 4,000 employees.

$30 per seat per month.

$1.4 million annually.

I called it "digital transformation."

The board loved that phrase.

They approved it in eleven minutes.

No one asked what it would actually do.

Including me.

I told everyone it would "10x productivity."

That's not a real number.

But it sounds like one.

HR asked how we'd measure the 10x.

I said we'd "leverage analytics dashboards."

They stopped asking.

Three months later I checked the usage reports.

47 people had opened it.

12 had used it more than once.

One of them was me.

I used it to summarize an email I could have read in 30 seconds.

It took 45 seconds.

Plus the time it took to fix the hallucinations.

But I called it a "pilot success."

Success means the pilot didn't visibly fail.

The CFO asked about ROI.

I showed him a graph.

The graph went up and to the right.

It measured "AI enablement."

I made that metric up.

He nodded approvingly.

We're "AI-enabled" now.

I don't know what that means.

But it's in our investor deck.

A senior developer asked why we didn't use Claude or ChatGPT.

I said we needed "enterprise-grade security."

He asked what that meant.

I said "compliance."

He asked which compliance.

I said "all of them."

He looked skeptical.

I scheduled him for a "career development conversation."

He stopped asking questions.

Microsoft sent a case study team.

They wanted to feature us as a success story.

I told them we "saved 40,000 hours."

I calculated that number by multiplying employees by a number I made up.

They didn't verify it.

They never do.

Now we're on Microsoft's website.

"Global enterprise achieves 40,000 hours of productivity gains with Copilot."

The CEO shared it on LinkedIn.

He got 3,000 likes.

He's never used Copilot.

None of the executives have.

We have an exemption.

"Strategic focus requires minimal digital distraction."

I wrote that policy.

The licenses renew next month.

I'm requesting an expansion.

5,000 more seats.

We haven't used the first 4,000.

But this time we'll "drive adoption."

Adoption means mandatory training.

Training means a 45-minute webinar no one watches.

But completion will be tracked.

Completion is a metric.

Metrics go in dashboards.

Dashboards go in board presentations.

Board presentations get me promoted.

I'll be SVP by Q3.

I still don't know what Copilot does.

But I know what it's for.

It's for showing we're "investing in AI."

Investment means spending.

Spending means commitment.

Commitment means we're serious about the future.

The future is whatever I say it is.

As long as the graph goes up and to the right.

[Hal Bame @HalCBame]

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[Hal Bame @HalCBame]

@JasonDa86085475 Actually, we're one of the few that survived the bear market and kept gping - still pushing / developing with no compensation, let alone a 'rug pull' - but thanks so much for the support, means the world the the team 😉😉

[Karun Chandhok @karunchandhok]

Drove a superb race - deserves a full time seat in 2024!

[Danny @DjokovicFan_]

Novak Djokovic has dominated his sport like few athletes ever had.

• Most Slams
• Most ATP Finals
• Most Masters
• Most Big Titles
• Most weeks at #1
• Most year-end #1
• Highest winning %
• Winning record over Nadal and Federer

Djokovic has every big record in tennis.

There are athletes who have transcended sports. Jordan. Ali. Gretzky.

Novak Djokovic belongs in that group.

[Daily Loud @DailyLoud]

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[john @corflutesign]

@HalCBame @Olly_Tennis_ Well said. You stated what no-one else seems to have noticed.

[Bouboulina @Bubulin95470836]

@HalCBame @Olly_Tennis_ Beautiful said HB, Beautifully

[Matthew Aigbe @matthew_aigbe]

@HalCBame @Olly_Tennis_ You are so right.

[Armando Reyes @armandoreyesmx]

@HalCBame @Olly_Tennis_ Great and impecable comment. 2 generations playing against at their peak! 16 years of age difference, 2 minds like no other. Carlitos is Roger, Rafa and Noles’ talents combined! So lucky to watch this. Now, is this match the same for the next US Open final?

[umystifyme @UmystifyMe]

@HalCBame @Olly_Tennis_ Well said. They both left it all on the court & clearly there is a great respect between the two of them. I really would love to see Nole take the US Open & then gravy from there. He doesn’t have anything to prove but it would b epic 4 him to get the elusive 24!

[Hal Bame @HalCBame]

I remember that 2012 Melbourne final 🤪- and just watched the legendary Cincinnati match they had over the weekend 😱 - Djokovic is a super-human and elite of the elite in terms of any athlete in any sport - Alcaraz is YEARS ahead of his time both in talent and mindset 💪 people always want to see the best play the best - and rarely get to see 2 different generations play each other still in their prime...in any sport!! We should see them battle a few more times at least before Joker calls it a day and appreciate every second👏👏

[Olly Tennis 🎾 🇬🇧 @Olly_Tennis_]

This Novak Djokovic quote hits different after the epic match Vs Carlos Alcaraz:

"In January 2012, I beat Nadal in the Australian Open final. The match lasted five hours and fifty-three minutes, the longest in Australian Open history and the longest Grand Slam singles final of the Era. Open. Many commentators have called it the greatest tennis match of all time. After I won, I sat in the locker room in Melbourne. I wanted one thing: to try chocolate. I hadn't had it since the summer of 2010. Miljan told me brought a candy bar. I broke a little square, a tiny little square, and put it in my mouth, let it melt on my tongue. That's all I allowed myself. That's how long it took me to get to number one." 🍫

That’s what it takes to get to the ultra-elite of sport. Nadal, Federer, Djokovic, words can’t describe the level of commitment that they have given to Tennis, over 20+ years (oh and a bit of supernatural talent can’t hurt 😉)

[Hal Bame @HalCBame]

Shaping up to be an incredible Gentleman's Championship! @Wimbledon 💪🍾

[Hal Bame @HalCBame]

@animocabrands @ysiu Congrats @ysiu !! 👏👏

[ZKsync @zksync]

Another smol win for a great community.

[Hal Bame @HalCBame]

Getting worse and worse there, so pls donate 🙏

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