Less than a week after its blockbuster $75 billion initial public offering, SpaceX has appointed veteran Sequoia Capital investor Roelof Botha to its board as an independent director. According to a regulatory filing, Botha will also join the aerospace giant’s audit committee effective immediately. Read: Siri AI: A deep dive into Apple’s new intelligent assistant…
South African investors poured R179-million in just two days into SpaceX when it hit the public markets last week, with EasyEquities data revealing a frenzy of activity that has already made the stock the platform’s second-largest US dollar holding after Tesla. Retail investors moved fast when SpaceX began trading. On the first day, Friday, 12…
SpaceX is expected to debut on the United States’ public markets on Friday in what will be the largest initial public offering (IPOs). Artificial intelligence (AI) giants OpenAI and Anthropic are also widely expected to go public soon, and thanks to a new rule change by tech stock exchange Nasdaq, individual investors could own stock…
SpaceX on Thursday set its final IPO price at $135, the last stage in a long running process to bring Elon Musk’s space and AI conglomerate public. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The company, which also owns the X social media network, will begin trading…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, pictured, speaks with SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at an event in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2025. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images News | Getty Images OpenAI has confidentially filed for an IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission, joining the party a week after Anthropic did the same and days…
Argentina’s forward #10 Lionel Messi kicks the ball during the Qatar 2022 World Cup final football match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, north of Doha on December 18, 2022. Kirill Kudryavtsev | Afp | Getty Images There is a special type of fever around a men’s soccer World Cup. And the…
Starship lifts off from the SpaceX launch complex in Starbase, Texas on 22 May 2026. Steve Nesius/Reuters SpaceX has publicly set a $135 price for shares in its initial public offering, upending the longstanding Wall Street price-discovery apparatus and underscoring Elon Musk’s determination to raise record sums his way. The company’s decision to publish a…
A SpaceX Super Heavy booster carrying the Starship spacecraft lifts off on its 11th test flight at the company’s launch pad in Starbase, Texas, last year. Steve Nesius/Reuters SpaceX took the wraps off its IPO filing on Wednesday, laying bare for investors just how much Elon Musk is losing on AI while betting the company’s…
Published On 20 May 202620 May 2026 SpaceX has taken off the wraps off its IPO filing, opening the books of the company that has already revolutionised rocket technology, with even larger ambitions to colonise Mars and build AI data centres in space. A successful sale could value the company at a record-setting $1.75 trillion, which…
SpaceX, which is getting set to publicly disclose its IPO prospectus, has picked Goldman Sachs to lead what’s likely to be a record offering, according to people familiar with the matter. Goldman will have the lead left position on the prospectus, followed by Morgan Stanley, and then Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase, said…
