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20x earnings is not that insane for a fast growing startup. Now Tesla and Palantir at 100x earnings is insane.

20x _earnings_ wouldn’t be, but that’s not what we’re talking.

Tesla and Palantir are both propped up by the federal government, kinda poor examples.

Yeah maybe, but the point is there are plenty of public companies trading at a 20x earnings multiple