SpaceX's $1.75 Trillion IPO: Musk Positions Space Company as AI Play
By
John Cassidy
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Summary
Elon Musk's SpaceX is preparing for what could be the largest IPO ever, issuing 555,555,555 shares at $135 each, valuing the company at approximately $1.75 trillion. Musk, already the world's richest person due to his Tesla stake, will own about 42% of SpaceX post-IPO and could become the world's first trillionaire. The article, written by John Cassidy, examines how Musk is positioning SpaceX—originally a space company founded in 2002—as an artificial intelligence play to justify its massive valuation.
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Musk, who is already the world's richest person thanks to his stake in Tesla, will own about forty-two per cent of SpaceX after the I.P.O., and he stands to become the world's first trillionaire.
The billionaire spent more than two decades creating a successful space company. Now he's pitching it as an A.I. play, John Cassidy writes.
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