12 June 2026 SpaceX held the largest IPO in history. The company sold 555,6 million shares for 135 dollars, attracting 75 billions of dollars. Торгівля на Nasdaq розпочалася зі
135 dollars, and closed on 160,95 dollars — growth by 19,2%. SpaceX's market capitalization reached 2,1 trillion dollars. This surpassed Saudi Aramco's previous record (29,4 billion dollars in 2019 year). SpaceX має опціон на додаткові 11,25 A billion dollars.
Компанія довгі роки планувала залишатися приватною, але вирішила вийти на біржу для фінансування орбітальних дата-центрів, Starship and the development of AI. SpaceX has teamed up with Elon Musk's xAI. IN 2025 year, the company's income amounted to 18,7 A billion dollars, net loss — 4,9 billion through massive investments in AI and Starship.
Elon Musk said at the IPO celebration, which gave SpaceX less 10% chances of success are hard to believe now, that the company, which began in a warehouse in El Segundo, conducted the largest IPO in history. SpaceX President Gwynn Shotwell noted, that the funds will go to Starship, Starlink and AI computing. She emphasized the company's long-term horizon and lack of focus on quarterly earnings.
Найближчим часом SpaceX планує продовжити тестові польоти Starship (Flight 13 — суборбітальний, Flight 14–15 — орбітальні) та почати запуски Starlink V3 на Starship наприкінці 2026 year.
IPO стало символом перетворення SpaceX з аутсайдера 2002 of the year for the leader of the global space industry.
Source: https://spacenews.com