Rocket Lab Targets SpaceX’s Starlink Dominance in New Deal | Bloomberg Tech 6/29/2026

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow speaks with the CEO of Rocket Lab about the company’s biggest bet yet: buying Iridium in an $8 billion deal to challenge SpaceX in the orbital economy. Plus, South Korean firms, including Samsung and SK Hynix will spend at least $880 billion on chips and data centers, as the country seeks to maintain its edge in the AI era; and Anthropic wins US approval to restore some access to its Mythos 5 AI model after resolving concerns about the technology’s potential threats to national security.

Chapters:
00:00:00 – Bloomberg Tech Begins
00:01:29 – Peter Beck, Rocket Labs CEO
00:11:11 – Avril Hong, Bloomberg News
00:13:00 – Shanti Kelemen, 7IM Co-Chief Investment Officer
00:18:37 – Talking Tech with Yahaira Anand
00:19:47 – Natasha Mascarenhas, Bloomberg News
00:24:39 – Bailey Lipschultz, Bloomberg News
00:28:40 – Theresa Payton, Fortalice Solutions CEO
00:33:38 – Clem Delangue, Hugging Face CEO
00:41:27 – Issie Lapowsky, Bloomberg Businessweek Contributor
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