BUZZ — Macquarie maintains bullish view on SpaceX after AI agreements, Starship mission success
* Macquarie maintains "outperform" rating on SpaceX * Cites expanded agreements with Anthropic and its partially successful orbital mission of the Starship rocket * Shares of SpaceX rise 1.8% to 152.01 * Anthropic disclosed agreements with Elon Musk's xAI in its IPO prospectus seen that could result in up to $84.5 billion of spending for computing capacity through 2029 that are largely cancelable with a 90-day notice * The announcement underscores the strong demand for co's computing infrastructure and support its aggressive expansion plans - brokerage * Macquarie says the starship rocket's successful orbit trip earlier this week signals SPCX is moving closer to commercial operations despite an engine failure that ended the mission prematurely * SPCX's combination of rocket operations, Starlink satellites and AI infrastructure could reinforce growth across its business - Macquarie * Including session's move, stock up more than 12% form its June IPO price of $135 (Reporting by Avinash P in Bengaluru) ((mailto:Avinash.P@thomsonreuters.com;)