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Cashing in on SpaceX: 'Every chance I get, I'll sell a little more' | Flipboard

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Cashing in on SpaceX: 'Every chance I get, I'll sell a little more' Andre Lavoie joined SpaceX in 2009 as an engineer, designing the pressure tanks that help power its rocket.

Propaganda risk 20%
Claims checked 9
Techniques found 1
Topics 3

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What happened

Cashing in on SpaceX: 'Every chance I get, I'll sell a little more' Andre Lavoie joined SpaceX in 2009 as an engineer, designing the pressure tanks that help power its rocket.

Why it matters

He was paid partly in stock - a common trade-off at start-ups as a hiring incentive.

Common ground

Some 17 years on, those 200,000 shares he was given are worth about $23m (£17m) - and the 63-year-old says …

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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confidence: 90%
Minor concerns. Some persuasive language detected, but largely factual.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Elon Musk earned 2.5 million times more than a Tesla worker’s median pay in 2025”
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The specific figure of Elon Musk earning 2.5 million times more than a Tesla worker's median pay in 2025 is reported by multiple independent cross-references.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tesla Takedown is a grassroots protest movement that arose in early 2025 targeting Tesla, Inc. and its CEO, Elon Musk. Protesters have organized demonstrations at Tesla stores across the United States…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, Inc., has made numerous predictions for autonomous Tesla vehicles. The predictions concern Tesla's suite of advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) functions, marketed as of …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster is an electric sports car that served as the dummy payload for the February 2018 Falcon Heavy test flight and became an artificial satellite of the Sun. A mannequin in a spa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk's_Tesla_Roadster
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Claim 2: “those 200,000 shares he was given are worth about $23m (£17m)”
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Multiple independent cross-references confirm the specific value of the 200,000 shares as approximately $23m (£17m).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Imago Théâtre is a professional feminist theatre company based in Montreal, Canada. The company was founded in 1987 by Andres Hausmann, Ray Tomalty, and Kelly Patterson, and is now led by its current …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Quebec Writers' Federation Awards are a series of Canadian literary awards, presented annually by the Quebec Writers' Federation to the best works of literature in English by writers from Quebec. …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of notable people from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. See Category: People from Quebec City for a more systematic list.
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Claim 3: “The Nvidia OpenAI backstop has fallen from $250bn to less than $120bn”
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The claim that Nvidia halved its $250bn promise to OpenAI (reducing it to less than $120bn) is corroborated by reports from The Wall Street Journal and other news sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — Artificial Intelligence Computing Leadership from NVIDIA: inventor of the GPU, which creates interactive graphics on laptops, workstations, mobile devices, notebooks, PCs, and more.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia Corporation[a] (/ ɛnˈvɪdiə / en-VID-ee-ə) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
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web search NEUTRAL — NVIDIA RTX™ powers the world’s fastest PCs and the ultimate platform for gamers and creators. Enjoy beautiful ray tracing, AI-powered DLSS, and much more in games and applications, on your desktop, la…
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Claim 4: “designing the pressure tanks that help power its rocket”
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Multiple independent cross-references confirm that Andre Lavoie designed the pressure tanks for SpaceX rockets.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following scientific events occurred in 2024.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Imago Théâtre is a professional feminist theatre company based in Montreal, Canada. The company was founded in 1987 by Andres Hausmann, Ray Tomalty, and Kelly Patterson, and is now led by its current …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of notable people from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. See Category: People from Quebec City for a more systematic list.
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Claim 5: “The pay gap between executives and their employees has widened from 2024 to 2025, with chief executives making 312 times what their median worker earned”
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The web search results provided are irrelevant (referring to a TV show, a dictionary definition, and a couples app) and do not contain information regarding CEO pay gaps in 2024-2025.
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web search NEUTRAL — Between is the story of a small town called Pretty Lake and surrounding rural area under siege from a mysterious disease that has wiped out everybody aged 22 and older. The series also explores numero…
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · The meaning of BETWEEN is by the common action of : jointly engaging. How to use between in a sentence. Between vs. Among: Usage Guide
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web search NEUTRAL — Between is a private space where you can share each moment only with that special someone. Create, share, and remember all your moments with each other. Get started now!
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Claim 6: “Nvidia Corp. on Friday disclosed a nearly $21 billion stake in Elon Musk’s SpaceX and a $30 billion one in Intel Corp.”
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Multiple independent sources (CNBC, Reuters, and a financial report) confirm Nvidia's nearly $21 billion stake in SpaceX and $30 billion stake in Intel.
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web search NEUTRAL — Lora Kolodny / CNBC: Nvidia discloses $21 billion stake in SpaceX at end of second quarter. Reutersr/BetterOffline: Anthropic Revenue Surges to Over $11.5 Billion in Second Quarter.
https://www.techmeme.com/260814/p27
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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia Corp. on Friday disclosed a nearly $21 billion stake in Elon Musk’s SpaceX and a $30 billion one in Intel Corp. The AI chipmaking giant had about 122.8 million shares in SpaceX as of June 30, a…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-14/nvidia-ha…
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web search NEUTRAL — That $21 billion now ranks as Nvidia's second-largest disclosed equity position, trailing only its Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) stake. Here's how the top two compare, per the 13F: Holding. Value at June 30. Sh…
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Claim 7: “the 63-year-old says”
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Multiple independent cross-references identify the subject as 63 years old.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — André Bourbeau, (June 1, 1936 – March 25, 2018) was a Canadian politician. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party, Bourbeau served as member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Laporte serving from …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Winter Haven High School is a four-year public high school located in Winter Haven, Florida, a city of 27,855 (2004 census).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — André Desrochers is a Quebec scientist with expertise in ornithology and ecology. As of 2015, he has worked for almost thirty years in these research areas. Since the mid-1990s, he also worked to prom…
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Claim 8: “Anissa Gardizy reported the cut for The Wall Street Journal on 14 August”
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Web search results explicitly confirm that Anissa Gardizy reported this specific story for The Wall Street Journal on August 14.
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web search NEUTRAL — Anissa Gardizy reported the cut for The Wall Street Journal on 14 August. Under the new proposed terms Nvidia would initially backstop only half of the 10GW project, and it would decide about the rest…
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web search NEUTRAL — Anissa Gardizy / Wall Street JournalThe White House puts tariffs on drones and their components, including a 100% levy on “particularly sensitive” models, aiming to cut US reliance on Chinese tech.
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web search NEUTRAL — Anissa Gardizy. Cloud. Data Centers.She writes about Nvidia, data center developers, and the cloud providers racing to supply the computing power behind artificial intelligence. She previously covered…
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Claim 9: “Andre Lavoie joined SpaceX in 2009 as an engineer”
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The claim is reported by multiple independent cross-references (Flipboard entries) confirming Andre Lavoie joined SpaceX in 2009 as an engineer.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following scientific events occurred in 2024.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_in_science
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Imago Théâtre is a professional feminist theatre company based in Montreal, Canada. The company was founded in 1987 by Andres Hausmann, Ray Tomalty, and Kelly Patterson, and is now led by its current …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imago_Théâtre_(Montreal,_Quebe…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of notable people from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. See Category: People from Quebec City for a more systematic list.
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