**Alright so here's the deal..**
GoPro's being acquired. Shareholders get:
• $1.14/share in cash (small adjustment possible based on net working capital at closing)
• \~10% retained ownership of the combined company, which now includes Starman's optical-transceiver business (AI data centers, defense, aerospace applications)
Deal expected to close by year-end 2026.
**Why $1.14 is NOT a ceiling and what we're seeing play out:**
This is the part some people are getting wrong. $1.14 is just the cash component. You're also keeping equity in the combined entity. The stock trades on the market's read of total deal value — cash + retained stake — which is exactly why GPRO is trading well above $1.14 already. There's no mechanism capping it there. If the market decides Starman's business is worth a lot, the stock reflects that. Full stop.
**The squeeze setup (real mechanics, not magic):**
• Last official short interest reading: \~23.9M shares short, \~17.4% of float, \~3.9 days to cover — high, and that data is from before this week's volume, so it's stale (almost certainly outdated now)
• Retail's been buying 300-500M+ shares/day — that's 17-18x GPRO's normal average volume
• If borrow gets scarce/expensive as shorts try to cover, that forced buying stacks on top of retail buying — that's the actual feedback loop that drives a squeeze
• Low float + high short interest + heavy volume is the textbook setup for exactly this kind of move
**TLDR:**
**While Wallstreet keeps borrowing money to Short GPRO because $1.14 is "guaranteed", retail continue buying 300 million to 500 million shares a day. Period. And we will hold every single share. We don't give up until they do. So this "guaranteed" $1.14 is funding our "infinite" short squeeze.**
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**Disclaimer:**
Yes short interest is finite. Once those positions cover, that specific pressure is gone — it's not infinite
Squeezes reverse. GME's 2021 run didn't stay at $480 — sustained detachment from fundamentals is the exception, not the rule
Eventually price reflects real deal value (cash + actual worth of the retained stake), not just short-covering momentum..
But I don't think Wallstreets willing to stop borrowing and "shorting the fuck" out of GPRO for "easy" money