Markets

TAMPAN: Tesla, Amazon, Meta, Palantir, Apple, Nvidia

Tesla

Competition with xPeng?

Compensation Plan

Live streaming Shareholder meeting. 

“1 Trillion pay package!!” 

Proxy here

Rules:

• 12 Tranches. 12 Market Cap + 12 Operational 
• Term: 10 years! 
• Award: 1% of shares in form of RSU. 
• Vest on (a) the Market Capitalization Milestone for such tranche and (b) a previously unmet Operational Milestone. 

12 Market Capitalization Milestones:

• 1: $2 trillion
• 2-10: $500 billion (to $6.5 trillion)
• 11-12: $1 trillion (to $7.5 and $8.5 trillion

12 Operational Milestones

Product Goals

1. 20 Million Tesla Vehicles Delivered
2. 10 Million Active FSD Subscriptions
3. 1 Million Bots Delivered
4. 1 Million Robotaxis in Commercial Operation

Adjusted EBITDA Milestones. 1-8 $50 to $400b.

ETF ownership and voting rights 

Ford

Ford executives might scrap the electric version of its F-150 pickup

Ford has $13 billion in EV losses

% of Global EV Sales

• 25.7m BEV sales since 2019
• 7.3m is Tesla

Lucid ranks #3 most cash burning EV maker globally with total reported cash burn of $14.4B behind Rivian $23.2 billion and Ford's EV segment $15.5 billion.

Palantir

Earnings Page

Play Alex’s opening remarks!

“114% Rule of 40 score! What Is the Rule of 40?Core Formula: Rev Growth + operating Margin

Alex Letter to Shareholders 

Some of our detractors have been left in a kind of deranged and self-destructive befuddlement.🤣

Orson Welles, “The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.”

Netflix

• KPop Demon Hunters
• 325 million views
• $10b kpop industry
• Black Pink Tour. Highest grossing tour by female group
• Warner Brothers
• Licensing Video podcasts from Sirius

New York City Mayor is Responsible For

• Public Safety: Fire and 30,000 police officers.
• Education
• Public Services and Infrastructure
• Housing and Economic Development
• Health and Social Services
• Cultural and Community Services
• City Planning and Regulation
• Appointments and Budget

The New York City budget $115.9 billion

• Real Property Taxes: ~$34.97 billion
• Personal Income Taxes $17.28 billion
• Business Income Taxes: ~$11.95 billion 
• Sales Taxes: ~$9.5 billion
• State Categorical Grants: ~$7 billion
• Federal Categorical Grants: ~$6.5 billion

Top 1-5% contribute ~$1.7-$3.5 billion in FY 2025, equating to ~1.5-3% of the total budget. 

Closing

1929 book on Audio. 

The Diplomat

Elon on Joe Rogan

"The enemy of art is the absence of limitations"