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Marc Andreessen called Starlink one of the least understood technological successes, noting it reached millions of subscribers where Iridium and Teledesic failed. SpaceX has confidentially filed for an IPO targeting a $1.75 trillion valuation. Andreessen credited SpaceX's reusable rockets and in-house satellite manufacturing as key to Starlink's success.
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00:00It's Benzinga, bringing Wall Street to Main Street.
00:02Mark Andreessen said Elon Musk's Starlink overcame decades of failed satellite internet
00:06efforts, calling it one of the least understood technological successes. Andreessen made the
00:11comments on David Senra's podcast last month as SpaceX confidentially filed for an IPO targeting
00:15a $1.75 trillion valuation. He said Starlink reached millions of global subscribers and
00:21succeeded where Motorola's Iridium and the Teledesic project failed. He said SpaceX's
00:25reusable rockets enabled frequent launches and allowed the company to build satellites internally.
00:30Andreessen described the system as a large-scale infrastructure platform.
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