埃隆·马斯克领导的航空航天巨头SpaceX周二发布了其第二份季度财报。
Elon Musk-led SpaceX issued its second-ever quarterly earnings report.
根据财报显示，截至9月的三个月内，SpaceX的营收较去年同期增长了161%。
Elon Musk-led aerospace giant SpaceX grew revenue by 161% over three months ending in September compared with the same period a year earlier, according to an earnings release issued on Tuesday.
财报显示，营收激增主要归功于公司以人工智能和“星链”卫星互联网服务为中心的业务大幅扩张。
The surge in revenue was owed in large part to a significant expansion of the company's businesses centered on artificial intelligence and Starlink, a satellite internet service, the earnings showed.
SpaceX表示，在最近一个季度，公司实现总利润44亿美元，扭转了去年同期10.5亿美元亏损的局面。
SpaceX said it earned overall profit of $4.40 billion in its most recent quarter, turning around from a loss of $1.05 billion in the same three-month period a year earlier.
公司在截至6月的上一季度也曾录得亏损，这意味着最新财报标志着公司实现了扭亏为盈。
The company also recorded a loss in the previous quarter ending in June, meaning the latest earnings report marked a turn into profitability.
财报发布后，SpaceX股价在盘后交易中跳涨近4%，每股报约153.30美元。
Shares of SpaceX jumped nearly 4% in after-hours trading after the earnings release, putting the price of a share at about $153.30.
这家由马斯克担任创始人兼首席执行官的公司，估值近1.95万亿美元。这是自6月上市以来，公司发布的第二份季度财务披露。
The company, which Musk helms as founder and CEO, boasts a valuation of nearly $1.95 trillion. The earnings amounted to the company's second-ever quarterly financial disclosure since it went public in June.
在8月发布的首份财报中，SpaceX表示，截至6月的三个月内实现营收78亿美元。该数字较去年同期40亿美元营收有所增加，但营收未能跟上成本增长。
In its first earnings release, in August, SpaceX said it generated $7.8 billion in revenue over three months ending in June. That figure marked an increase from $4 billion in revenue over the same period a year earlier, but the revenue failed to keep up with costs.
SpaceX建造并运营航天器，包括为支持其“星链”卫星互联网服务而部署的数千颗卫星。公司还管理着xAI，后者提供聊天机器人服务，与OpenAI的ChatGPT和Anthropic的Claude等产品竞争。
SpaceX builds and operates spacecraft, including thousands of satellites deployed in support of its Starlink satellite internet service. The company also oversees xAI, which offers a chatbot in competition with the likes of OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude.
作为公司利润的主要驱动力，“星链”在财报发布前备受投资者关注。
Starlink, the main driver of the company’s profits, received attention from investors ahead of the release.
本月初，麦格理高级数字基础设施与支付分析师保罗·戈尔丁在致ABC新闻的声明中表示，Starlink近期获得了全国范围的低频频谱，暗示该公司将寻求与美国移动运营商竞争。
Earlier this month, Starlink acquired nationwide, low-band spectrum, suggesting the company will seek to compete with U.S. mobile carriers, Paul Golding, senior digital infrastructure and payments analyst at Macquarie, said in a statement to ABC News.
戈尔丁说：“我们将关注发射时间表、地面建设计划以及对更多频谱的需求。”
"We'll be listening for launch timing, terrestrial build plans and appetite for more spectrum," Golding said.
周二，SpaceX宣布，其连接业务板块（包括Starlink）在最近一个季度实现了52亿美元的收入。财报显示，这一数字较去年同期增长了69%。
On Tuesday, SpaceX announced $5.2 billion in revenue over the most recent quarter from its connectivity segment, which includes Starlink. That figure indicates a rise of 69% from the same quarter a year earlier, earnings showed.
SpaceX在开发AI基础设施（如数据中心）方面投入巨大。上一季度，该公司AI部门录得12.6亿美元的经营亏损，部分原因是AI支出较前一季度翻了一倍多。
SpaceX has spent significantly on efforts to develop AI infrastructure, such as data centers. Last quarter, the company's AI unit recorded an operating loss of $1.26 billion, in part because AI spending more than doubled from the previous quarter.
然而，截至9月的三个月内，AI部门实现了扭亏为盈，录得4.31亿美元的经营收入。
The AI unit turned positive over three months ending in September, however, registering $431 million in income from operations.
这份财报发布的前一天，马斯克誓言将把航空航天巨头SpaceX的股份分给美国每一个孩子。
The earnings release arrived a day after Musk vowed to give every child in the United States a share of stock in aerospace giant SpaceX.
马斯克在X平台上发帖称：“明年，我将把我的一股SpaceX股份送给美国每一个孩子。这将是第一步。”
"Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America. This will be the first of many," Musk said in a post on The latest U.S. Census data estimated about 73 million people in the U.S. under age 18.
根据最新美国人口普查数据，美国18岁以下人口约为7300万。按此数字计算，并以马斯克宣布当天约150美元的股价估算，此次赠送总额将接近110亿美元。截至周二下午，股价略微下跌至约148美元。
根据《财富》杂志最新数据，马斯克净资产达9274亿美元，这意味着该捐赠将占其财富的约1.1%。
Using that figure and given the company's share price of about $150 on the day of Musk's announcement, the giveaway would total nearly $11 billion. As of Tuesday afternoon, the share price has fallen slightly to about $148 a Musk's net worth stands at $927.4 billion, the most recent Fortune data shows, meaning the donation would amount to about 1.1% of his wealth.
马斯克的这一承诺，正值部分政策制定者、投资者和公众对AI对劳动力市场及更广泛经济的潜在影响进行审视之际。
The pledge from Musk came amid scrutiny from some policymakers, investors and the general public about the potential impact of AI on the labor market and wider economy.
近几个季度，人工智能支出激增助推了美国经济增长，但一些经济学家警告称，该行业可能会加剧通胀，并损害部分工人的就业前景。
A surge in AI spending has helped boost the U.S. economy in recent quarters, but some economists have warned the industry may increase inflation and harm job prospects for some workers.
与此同时，近几个月发生的一系列自主式人工智能黑客攻击，引发了部分业内人士和公众人物的担忧，认为该技术可能对拥有数字系统的关键机构构成严重风险。此前接受美国广播公司新闻台采访的分析人士，对于人工智能引发灾难性后果的可能性存在尖锐分歧。一些人表示，如果行业未能实施足够的保障措施，这种结果很可能发生；另一些人则将其描述为模糊且牵强附会的说法。
A series of autonomous AI hacks in recent months, meanwhile, has elicited concern from some industry insiders and public figures about severe risks the technology could pose for key institutions with digital systems Analysts who previously spoke to ABC News disagreed sharply about the likelihood of an AI-induced calamity. Some said such an outcome is likely if the industry fails to impose adequate safeguards, while others characterized it as vague and far-fetched.