SpaceX Files To Go Public (reuters.com)
(Wednesday April 01, 2026 @11:30PM (BeauHD)
from the to-the-moon dept.)
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- News link: https://slashdot.org/story/26/04/01/2043248/spacex-files-to-go-public
- Source link: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/spacex-registers-take-rocket-maker-public-blockbuster-ipo-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-04-01/
Reuters reports that SpaceX has [1]confidentially filed for a U.S. IPO , reportedly targeting a valuation above $1.75 trillion. Reuters reports:
> SpaceX puts more rockets in space than any other company and promises a chance to invest in humanity's return to the moon and attempt to colonize Mars. The company aspires to put artificial intelligence data centers in space, while running a lucrative satellite communications system that opens up much of the earth to the internet and is increasingly used in war. [...]
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> A public listing at a potential valuation of more than $1.75 trillion comes after SpaceX [2]merged with Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI in a deal that valued the rocket company at $1 trillion and the developer of the Grok chatbot at $250 billion. SpaceX is hosting an analyst day on April 21, encouraging research analysts to attend in person, [...]. The company is also offering analysts an optional visit to xAI's "Macrohard" data center site in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 23, and plans to hold a virtual session on May 4 to discuss financial models with banks' research analysts, the source said.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/spacex-registers-take-rocket-maker-public-blockbuster-ipo-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-04-01/
[2] https://slashdot.org/story/26/02/03/0346252/spacex-acquires-xai-in-125-trillion-all-stock-deal
> SpaceX puts more rockets in space than any other company and promises a chance to invest in humanity's return to the moon and attempt to colonize Mars. The company aspires to put artificial intelligence data centers in space, while running a lucrative satellite communications system that opens up much of the earth to the internet and is increasingly used in war. [...]
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> A public listing at a potential valuation of more than $1.75 trillion comes after SpaceX [2]merged with Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI in a deal that valued the rocket company at $1 trillion and the developer of the Grok chatbot at $250 billion. SpaceX is hosting an analyst day on April 21, encouraging research analysts to attend in person, [...]. The company is also offering analysts an optional visit to xAI's "Macrohard" data center site in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 23, and plans to hold a virtual session on May 4 to discuss financial models with banks' research analysts, the source said.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/spacex-registers-take-rocket-maker-public-blockbuster-ipo-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-04-01/
[2] https://slashdot.org/story/26/02/03/0346252/spacex-acquires-xai-in-125-trillion-all-stock-deal
Thoughts and prayers (Score:1)
going out for those about to end up holding the bags of Tesla, as vast majority of the capital in the "Elon Musk is intelligent and not a fraud" industry is about to move into the newer, flashier investment vehicle.