SpaceX just skipped the line into the Nasdaq-100. Did we all just get in 'early' or way too late?

Not even a full month after IPO'ing (June 12) and they're already in the index under some new "fast-track" rule that basically only applies to companies stupid big enough to skip the usual waiting line. $2T+ valuation on debut, biggest IPO ever, and boom, straight into QQQ territory.

Kinda wild when you think about it tho. If you're holding QQQ/QQQM you now own a slice of SpaceX whether you picked it or not (~1% weighting apparently).

But here's what's bugging me: by the time regular investors get access, most of the crazy growth already happened while it was private for like 20 years lol. The actual "early" money was VCs and sovereign funds, not us.

So genuinely curious what you all think:

• Does index investing even count as "getting in early" anymore, or are we all just buying the top of a decade-long private growth curve?
• Anyone here actually got SpaceX exposure before the IPO (pre-IPO CFDs etc)? How'd that go, worth the risk or overhyped?
• Is this the new normal now (mega companies staying private till they're already blue-chip sized) or is SpaceX just a one-off flex?