Why Musk Raced to Take SpaceX Public in the World’s Biggest IPO
Summarize It was meant to happen once humans were regularly flying to Mars. Then the AI boom took off. By Bailey Lipschultz, Loren Grush, Edward Ludlow, and Ryan Gould June 12, 2026 at 9:46 PM EDT Elon Musk and his executives had one overarching message for the army of people working on the SpaceX initial public offering over the past six months: Faster, move faster. As the gigantic space exploration startup barreled toward a public listing after 24 years as a private company, the urgency was apparent. The acquisition of a $250 billion artificial intelligence company in the middle of the process? Don’t … Continue reading Why Musk Raced to Take SpaceX Public in the World’s Biggest IPO
