Elon Musk posted on X that SpaceX might start a competitor to Amazon, after a user complained that Amazon was blocking Grok bots from placing orders. In Q2 2026, SpaceX's first quarter as a public company, revenue reached $7.81 billion, beating the $6.82 billion consensus and rising 92% year over year, while AI segment revenue grew 247% to $2.56 billion. SpaceX still posted a net loss of $541 million and has a pending $60 billion acquisition of Cursor. On the Amazon side, CEO Andy Jassy said over 350 million customers used Alexa for Shopping in the past 12 months, and AWS revenue grew 37% to $42.23 billion in Q2. SpaceX shares traded at $149.05, while Amazon stood at $251.73, up 9.06% year to date.
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