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SpaceX $1.75 trln IPO will test investor stomachs

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Reuters

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🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Elon Musk’s rocket company is preparing for a stock market take-off. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists debate how the Tesla boss explains the stratospheric valuation, and why shareholders might be willing to forgo basic rights to get a slice of the action. Breakingviews SpaceX interactive calculator Breakingviews: SpaceX orbits an AI black hole The Big View: Separating science fiction from fact at SpaceX Breakingviews: SpaceX’s $1.75 trln hope rests on Musk imagination Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt-out of targeted advertising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:23.9

The SpaceX IPO is on the launch pad, but investors looking for a company grounded in reality

0:30.8

may want to stand well back. The aimed for $1.75 trillion valuation would be a record, as would a targeted 75 billion plus in funds raised.

0:43.1

Ditto to the supposedly 28.5 trillion total addressable market that Elon Musk claims he can target,

0:49.9

a figure so large it represents a fifth of the entire global economy. But read past the moonshots

0:57.0

and what you actually find is an AI story and not necessarily a good one. SpaceX reported

1:03.0

nearly $19 billion in revenue in 2025 but posted just under a $3 billion operating loss.

1:09.0

Its AI segment alone lost over $6 billion.

1:13.7

The company that wants to colonize Mars

1:16.0

is currently burning through cash at a rate

1:18.5

that would make even the hardest tech booster wins.

1:22.1

So why are bankers and investors falling over themselves

1:25.6

to get a piece of this?

1:27.1

And how should shareholders feel

1:28.7

about climbing aboard this rocket ship when Musk alone will forever have his hands on the control

1:33.9

dials? All of this and more is in this week's viewsroom. It's Amy. And it's Jonathan,

1:40.7

and this is the views room, your weekly dive into the biggest topics in business, economics, and finance.

1:45.5

And Amy, like you said, this is going to be one of the biggest stories that we've ever had come across, just in terms of like sheer numbers here.

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