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- Sep 15, 2026Sep 15, 2026Rocket Lab Fully Funds Its $8B Iridium Buyout Pulse story
- Jun 29, 2026Jun 29, 2026Rocket Lab to Buy Iridium for $8B, Forging a Fully Vertically Integrated Space Powerhouse Pulse story
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- Sep 16, 2026Why One September Day Explains AI Capital's MoodThree unrelated capital events -- two new unicorns and an $8 billion acquisition financing -- landed the same day the FTC chair warned AI labs against seeking both new regulation and antitrust protection at once.→
- Sep 15, 2026$2.2B Priced In One Day Across Three AI BetsValue Add Pulse tallied the capital raised across three separate September 15 announcements -- Profound, Thatch and Rocket Lab's Iridium financing -- against the prior week's eleven largest US venture rounds.→
- Sep 15, 2026Rocket Lab Fully Funds Its $8B Iridium BuyoutRocket Lab completed a $1.944 billion public share sale, fully funding its pending $8 billion acquisition of satellite operator Iridium and canceling the $3.6 billion bridge facility it had lined up as a backstop.→
- Jun 29, 2026Rocket Lab to Buy Iridium for $8B, Forging a Fully Vertically Integrated Space PowerhouseRocket Lab agreed to acquire satellite-communications operator Iridium Communications in a cash-and-stock deal valuing Iridium at roughly $8.0 billion, or $54 per share. The combination welds Rocket Lab's launch vehicles and satellite manufacturing to Iridium's global L-band constellation, spectrum and 500-plus partner ecosystem -- a bid to become the first company that designs, builds, launches and operates its own networks end to end. Iridium shares jumped about 20% and Rocket Lab rose roughly 9% on the news.→