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SpaceX Partners with Reflection AI for AI Compute Deal

June 22, 2026

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Key Takeaways

Reflection AI pays $150 million monthly for Nvidia GB300 AI chips.
Deal worth up to $6.3 billion through 2029.
Contract can be ended with 90 days' notice after first three months.
Reflection AI touts open-weight AI strategy as alternative to closed labs.

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Strategic Implications

This partnership may indicate a growing trend towards open-source AI solutions, which could challenge the dominance of closed models. The deal suggests that Reflection AI's open-weight AI strategy may be gaining traction, and the access to SpaceX's compute resources could enhance its competitive position in the AI ecosystem.

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What Happened

Open Source AI Startup Taps SpaceX for Nvidia AI Chips

SpaceX has inked a compute deal with Reflection AI, an open-source AI lab, worth up to $6.3 billion. The deal provides Reflection AI with immediate access to Nvidia’s latest GB300 AI chips and supporting hardware across SpaceX’s Colossus 2 data center. This partnership is seen as a strategic move by Reflection AI to tout the value of its open-weight AI strategy, which it pitches as an alternative to closed frontier labs. The deal was reported by TechCrunch.

Source | Originally Published: June 22, 2026

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