# Gwynne Shotwell

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Real Alpha has cut 5 moments of Gwynne Shotwell (President & COO, SpaceX) talking, from an interview on All-In published Sep 15, 2026.

- Role: President & COO, SpaceX
- Company: [SpaceXAI](https://realalpha.app/companies/#xai)

## What Gwynne Shotwell said

- [SpaceX gives proven hires hard problems and clears their path](https://realalpha.app/s/spacex-gives-proven-hires-hard-problems-and-clears-their/)
  All-In · Sep 15, 2026 · 5 min
  > “we hire the best people, not the best people that we can, but the best people.” — Gwynne Shotwell · [23:52](https://realalpha.app/v/iwBOQeFPAwg/?t=1432)
- [SpaceX won early customers by fixing a weak launch market](https://realalpha.app/s/spacex-won-early-customers-by-fixing-a-weak-launch-market/)
  All-In · Sep 15, 2026 · 6 min
  > “customer service wasn't great. Rockets were incredibly expensive. And so there was that piece” — Gwynne Shotwell · [4:11](https://realalpha.app/v/iwBOQeFPAwg/?t=251)
- [Compute rental demand is holding while Starlink has room to grow](https://realalpha.app/s/compute-rental-demand-is-holding-while-starlink-has-room-to/)
  All-In · Sep 15, 2026 · 3 min
  > “We don't see any drop. We see no drop in demand at all.” — Gwynne Shotwell · [12:32](https://realalpha.app/v/iwBOQeFPAwg/?t=752)
- [SpaceX sees orbit as a faster site for AI compute](https://realalpha.app/s/spacex-sees-orbit-as-a-faster-site-for-ai-compute/)
  All-In · Sep 15, 2026 · 4 min
  > “The real estate in space is, you know, infinite. It's free. It's free. You don't have to pay for it.” — Gwynne Shotwell · [19:56](https://realalpha.app/v/iwBOQeFPAwg/?t=1196)
- [SpaceX raises rocket problems early because physics will expose them](https://realalpha.app/s/spacex-raises-rocket-problems-early-because-physics-will/)
  All-In · Sep 15, 2026 · 3 min
  > “if there's a problem, you are eventually going to find out. And the sooner you bring it up, the easier it is going to be to solve that problem.” — Gwynne Shotwell · [40:25](https://realalpha.app/v/iwBOQeFPAwg/?t=2425)

## The episode

- [Elon Musk & Gwynne Shotwell on AI Risks and Peer Review, Starship, Terafab, SpaceX/Tesla Merger](https://realalpha.app/v/iwBOQeFPAwg/) · All-In · Sep 15, 2026