# Reflection AI Locks $6.3 Billion Compute Deal at SpaceX Colossus

> Reflection AI, an open-source lab positioning itself as an American answer to China's DeepSeek, has committed to one of the largest compute deals yet. It will pay SpaceX roughly $150 million a month through 2029 to run on Nvidia GB300 chips at the Colossus data center, with a flexible 90-day exit available after the first three months. The deal reveals how quickly SpaceX has turned Colossus into a commercial platform. The site now carries more than $80 billion in committed outside revenue, drawn from names like Anthropic, Google, and Cursor, making Elon Musk's rocket company an unexpectedly central landlord in the AI buildout. The most telling detail is Nvidia sitting on both sides of the table, helping fund Reflection while collecting the contracts for the chips Reflection rents. That circularity, where a chipmaker bankrolls the customers who buy its hardware, is becoming a defining feature of this compute arms race, and it is worth watching as the numbers climb.

_Section: [Daily AI Updates](https://www.wortins.com/daily-ai) · Source: CNBC · Published Thursday, July 16, 2026_

## Wortins' read

Reflection AI, an open-source lab positioning itself as an American answer to China's DeepSeek, has committed to one of the largest compute deals yet. It will pay SpaceX roughly $150 million a month through 2029 to run on Nvidia GB300 chips at the Colossus data center, with a flexible 90-day exit available after the first three months. The deal reveals how quickly SpaceX has turned Colossus into a commercial platform. The site now carries more than $80 billion in committed outside revenue, drawn from names like Anthropic, Google, and Cursor, making Elon Musk's rocket company an unexpectedly central landlord in the AI buildout. The most telling detail is Nvidia sitting on both sides of the table, helping fund Reflection while collecting the contracts for the chips Reflection rents. That circularity, where a chipmaker bankrolls the customers who buy its hardware, is becoming a defining feature of this compute arms race, and it is worth watching as the numbers climb.

## Source

[Read the full story at CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/22/spacex-ai-colossus-data-center-reflection.html)

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