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A pro analysis reports that SpaceX's IPO filing is fueling a bullish run in space-related equities and outlines ways investors can gain exposure to the sector amid the buzz.
Quantinuum, the Honeywell-backed quantum computing company, is pursuing a US initial public offering expected to raise about $1.05 billion to fund its growth and research & development efforts.
The SpaceX IPO, potentially up to $80 billion, signals a shift from software dominance to space-based infrastructure—with a booming space economy, off-Earth manufacturing, and orbital data centers—reinforcing U.S. tech leadership as global competitors grow.
Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s high-stakes AI rivalry spills into a mega-IPO season as SpaceX unveils plans for a $1.75 trillion flotation tied to its xAI unit and OpenAI eyes a public listing this year, while Google debuts Gemini Spark and moves Search toward an AI-first interface. A court ruled in OpenAI’s favor in Musk’s lawsuit, clearing the path for these mega-IPOs and prompting questions about how much control a tiny group of tech leaders should wield over transformative AI and its impact on workers and society.
SpaceX’s IPO filing touts a total addressable market of $28.5 trillion, with about $26.5 trillion coming from artificial intelligence and related new markets, plus opportunities in space and Starlink connectivity. The TAM excludes Russia and China and even Mars colonization; SpaceX operates in 164 countries and argues the market could capture roughly a quarter of global economic activity (global GDP around $111 trillion). Analysts mostly view the figure as ambitiously optimistic, calling such estimates inherently speculative, though some see them as typical in IPO rhetoric. The piece notes that SEC scrutiny could occur, but such exaggerated market-potential claims are not unusual in history. SpaceX frames the growth around three avenues—space, AI, and connectivity—claiming these areas could generate multi-trillion-dollar opportunities.
SpaceX’s S-1 filing shows Elon Musk’s Twitter revenue projections were largely fantasy. When X merged with xAI and SpaceX, 2025 revenue totaled about $3.2B (combining X and Grok), far short of the $26.4B Musk pitched for 2028. As of March 2026, paid subscribers numbered about 6.3M (roughly 4.4M X Premium and 1.9M Grok), yielding around $365M in revenue—not the massive subscription wave promised. The payments business launched late and AI losses exceeded $6B, while ad revenue barely nudged upward. The SpaceX IPO may unlock value by bundling the stack, but the underlying results reveal a stark gap between projections and reality.
SpaceX's 300+ page investor prospectus for its planned $1.75 trillion IPO reveals hefty intercompany spending (notably $131 million on Tesla Cybertrucks), bold Moon and Mars colonization ambitions, AI-related Grok risks from xAI, rising Musk security costs, and a frank caveat that SpaceX may not become profitable given its large, risky investments in experimental tech.
Prediction-market traders expect SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic to debut on Nasdaq with first-day valuations north of $1 trillion—potentially surpassing Berkshire Hathaway. SpaceX is valued around $1.25 trillion and could close day one above $2.2 trillion; OpenAI is valued about $852 billion with a 65% chance to end above $1.4 trillion; Anthropic could exceed $1.8 trillion on day one, with talks of a new round at roughly $900 billion. OpenAI reportedly plans a confidential IPO this year (and Kalshi puts a 92% chance of an IPO in 2026, Anthropic 69%). Despite these firms not yet profitable, analysts say the US market (~$70 trillion) could absorb multiple mega-IPOs, though demand remains a risk.
OpenAI is expected to file for an IPO in the coming days or weeks, with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley reportedly drafting the filing and potentially submitting it as soon as Friday. The move would mark a high-profile public debut for the Microsoft-backed AI leader behind ChatGPT, amid rising AI infrastructure costs and ongoing listings chatter around rivals like Anthropic and SpaceX/xAI, and follows recent legal developments related to Elon Musk’s suit against OpenAI.
SpaceX's S-1 IPO filing reveals Starlink has 10.3 million paid subscriptions across Residential, Roam and Business plans, though multiple service lines can be tied to a single end-user, and ARPU fell to $66/month as the company expands internationally and offers cheaper plans. Starlink Mobile serves about 7.4 million monthly devices; the Connectivity segment generated about $11.3B in 2025 revenue with $4.4B operating income, and accounted for roughly 60% of SpaceX's total $18.7B revenue. SpaceX posted a Q1 net loss of around $4.3B and a 2025 net loss of $4.9B; Starlink terminal costs have fallen ~59% since 2022. SpaceX sees a large TAM for Starlink ($870B) and a $26T AI enterprise market, with plans for satellite data centers; total satellites ~9,600 and satellite assets near $12.9B.
OpenAI is preparing to file for an IPO in the coming weeks, moving up from a previously targeted late-2026 timeline as CEO Sam Altman aims to beat rival Anthropic to the public markets.
SpaceX will sell a portion of its upcoming IPO directly to retail investors through major brokerages like Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab, allowing everyday traders to buy at the IPO price alongside institutions, though allocations remain limited by each broker.
SpaceX's S-1 IPO filing shows Anthropic will pay about $1.25 billion per month (roughly $15 billion a year) to access SpaceX’s Colossus data-center GPUs through 2029, highlighting how critical compute access is for AI development. SpaceX intends to monetize its infrastructure while continuing its own xAI work, as the IPO aims to raise around $75 billion at a roughly $1.75 trillion valuation. The filing also covers SpaceX’s revenue and losses and governance provisions that grant Elon Musk outsized control.
SpaceX disclosed in its IPO filing that it holds 18,712 bitcoin, with a fair value near $1.29 billion, as the company pursues an IPO valued at over $1.5 trillion.
The Verge reports that SpaceX’s IPO reveals a web of intercompany dependencies: Musk’s leadership is essential to SpaceX, Tesla owns SpaceX stock and SpaceX buys Cybertrucks and Megapacks from Tesla, and SpaceX’s value is tied to Musk’s other ventures like xAI. The S-1 flags potential conflicts of interest and cannibalization among Musk’s companies, making Musk both SpaceX’s chief driver and its chief risk for investors.