Name: SpaceX said to pursue 2026 IPO
Uploaded: 2025-12-10T09:26:00.934Z
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Description: SpaceX is moving ahead with plans for an initial public offering that would seek to raise significantly more than $30 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. The transaction would make it the biggest listing of all time. The company is targeting a valuation of about $1.5 trillion for the entire company, and is pursuing a listing as soon as mid-to-late 2026.

SpaceX is moving ahead with plans for an initial public offering that would seek to raise significantly more than $30 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. The transaction would make it the biggest listing of all time. The company is targeting a valuation of about $1.5 trillion for the entire company, and is pursuing a listing as soon as mid-to-late 2026.

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SpaceX is reportedly preparing for an initial public offering (IPO) that could raise in excess of $30 billion, potentially setting a new record above Saudi Aramco's $29 billion IPO in 2019. The company, currently valued at over $800 billion in private markets, is a dominant force in the space industry and has delayed going public despite raising significant private capital.

The rationale for the IPO includes the rapid growth of SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet business, which now generates most of the company's revenue, and the need for continued investment in new ventures such as direct-to-mobile services, the Starship rocket, and space-based data centers. Funds raised would support these initiatives and help maintain SpaceX's leadership in the sector.

SpaceX said to pursue 2026 IPO

Julie. How significant then would this IPO be. Tom it's it's really a significant IPO if it comes to pass. As you said it's expected to raise its targeting to raise well over 30 billion dollars which would put it far ahead of the previous IPO record set by Saudi Aramco back in 2019 when it raised twenty nine billion dollars. It's also a hugely well-known name. It's the most the world's most prolific launcher of rockets. It dominates the space industry and it's currently doing an insider share sale at a valuation of over 800 billion dollars which makes it the world's most highly valued private company. And it's one of a number of these high profile tech companies which are still private and have raised copious amounts of money privately all the while delaying going public. So an IPO of a name like SpaceX would be a huge test of the market and of investors demand for a name like this as well as a test of the ongoing recovery in US IPOs that we've been seeing over the past few years. Yeah it could be a significant indicator on that front couldn't it. Julia what what do we know about the rationale the logic for SpaceX pursuing an IPO when they've been able to raise capital on the private markets very easily. Well it's partly down to the fact of its Starlink satellite Internet business which is growing at a really fast pace. It's accounting for the majority of its revenues and it's also the promise of a direct to mobile business. So all of this requires continued investment and obviously it has been doing that privately. But the public markets might be the way to go. There's also its Starship rocket which is designed or planned to carry a huge number of Starlink satellites and eventually cargo and people to the mood to the moon and then to Mars. So all of this requires a really high investment. And we've also learned that SpaceX is planning to use some of the funds in the IPO to develop space based data centers as well as purchasing the chips needed to run them. So it's clearly all basically designed to continue funding its fast growth and to keep it a leader in the space industry.

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