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TSLA directional thesis

Chamath treats a Tesla-into-SpaceX consolidation under one Elon entity as a near-certainty, and unlike privately held SpaceX, Tesla is the only publicly tradeable leg of that merger. A long on TSLA is the routable way to own the upside if the entities combine.

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“I still don't like the fact that Tesla's over here. And as I've told you, that will get merged in.”
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