Lorenzo
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TRUMP ON TAIWAN: NOT LOOKING TO TRAVEL 9500 MILES TO FIGHT WAR




I initiated a new position in Filtronic PLC, $FTC last Friday. It's unbelievable how this company has stayed under the radar for this long. At a ~$600M market cap, this company is a critical chokepoint for SpaceX's Starlink constellation. Their technology currently gives SpaceX a massive competitive edge over $AMZN rival LEO project, Project Kuiper. Filtronic effectively holds a commercial monopoly at the intersection of High-Power + E-Band + Gallium Nitride (GaN) + Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs). These components are mandatory for beaming massive amounts of data to space and back without melting the hardware. Alternatives like congested Ka-band or older GaAs technology simply can't compete with their power and efficiency. While the Total Addressable Market (TAM) for E-band ground gateways is niche, Filtronic's IP is next-level. SpaceX knows this. They’ve signed a warrant agreement granting them up to 15% of Filtronic's shares. In return, SpaceX is essentially funding Filtronic's R&D to develop next-gen V-band GaN SSPAs. If they succeed with the V-band, the TAM explodes from thousands of ground stations to tens of millions of consumer and enterprise user terminals. So, you basically have a $600M market cap company acting as a massive bottleneck for Starlink. By placing huge orders and occupying Filtronic’s production lines, SpaceX is actively securing their own supply and effectively boxing out competitors like $AMZN. You get a profitable, zero-debt company whose R&D, which could unlock a massive TAM expansion, is heavily subsidized by their biggest customer. I'm still digging deeper, but the asymmetry here looks incredibly promising. Read my full article for the deep dive. As always, no financial advice. Do your own research.


Just received this from X, removing my cartoon from EU users for "illegal amd harmful speech". Anyone could explain to me who did i "harm" with this cartoon?















