Inside SpaceX’s Blockbuster IPO Filing

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 22 May 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Space X’s IPO filing is shedding new light on its finances and operations. Elon Musk’s rocket giant is losing billions of dollars as it funds a massive AI infrastructure buildout. WSJ reporter Becky Peterson breaks down what we’ve learned ahead of its potentially historic IPO. Plus, Nvidia delivers another quarter of record sales and profits, but investors seem to be shrugging it off. WSJ columnist Dan Gallagher explains the wall of apathy facing the world's most valuable company. Imani Moise hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.4	NVIDIA is currently the most valuable company in the world, and its latest earnings report this
0:46.4	week showed no signs of flowing down any time soon. Despite that, it's been one of the weakest
0:51.9	chip stocks this year. We'll take a closer look at NVIDIA's earnings and why some analysts say the company might actually be underappreciated.
1:00.0	Then, SpaceX has filed its eagerly anticipated investors respect us with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
1:08.0	giving the public its first look under the hood of the world's
1:11.3	largest private company. We're breaking down its financials ahead of what could be the biggest
1:16.1	IPO in history. But first, on Wednesday, NBIDIA shattered expectations again, reporting record sales of $81.6 billion and net
1:30.7	income of $58.3 billion for the April quarter. But despite hitting 14 consecutive quarters of
1:37.7	blowout growth, Wall Street didn't seem too impressed. The stock actually dipped in after-hours
1:43.5	trading following the report and continued to
1:45.9	fall yesterday. W.HJ columnist Dan Gallagher joins us to explain the disconnect. So, Dan, can you start
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