TNB Tech Minute: SpaceX Filing Launches Countdown to IPO
WSJ Tech News Briefing
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 20 May 2026
⏱️ 2 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Here's your afternoon, TNB Tech Minute for Wednesday, May 20th. I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:08.1 | SpaceX has just filed for its long-anticipated IPO, disclosing fresh information on its business and ownership. |
| 0:15.7 | The company disclosed the information in an investor perspectives posted to the Securities and Exchange Commission's website. The Rocket Maker is looking to raise $80 billion or more, which would easily make it the largest IPO in history. SpaceX had a valuation of $1.5 trillion after its combination with XAI earlier this year, according to Wall Street Journal reporting. |
| 0:43.5 | SpaceX is now tracking to begin selling shares in mid-June, with a stock market debut on June 12th. |
| 0:50.8 | Meanwhile, we exclusively report that OpenAI is preparing to file for an initial public offering soon. |
| 0:55.1 | People familiar with the matter say bankers at firms, including Goldman Sachs Morgan Stanley have been helping the AI giant on a draft IPO prospectus it plans to file |
| 1:00.3 | confidentially with regulators, possibly as early as Friday. Sources say the goal is for OpenAI to be |
| 1:06.9 | ready to go public as early as September, but cautioned plans could still change. |
| 1:11.7 | The chat GPT maker recently won a legal fight with former backer Elon Musk clearing a major roadblock. |
| 1:18.6 | And NVIDIA has reported record sales and income, driven by surging demand for data center computing |
| 1:25.0 | and the astronomical rise of AI agents. Sales for the April |
| 1:29.4 | quarter reached more than $81.5 billion, up 85% from the year earlier period. Net income came out |
| 1:36.8 | to more than $58 billion for the quarter, more than three times the year earlier result, both beat |
| 1:42.8 | analysts' forecasts. |
| 1:47.6 | The chip giant also raised its guidance for the current quarter. |
| 1:53.3 | So far this year, Nvidia stock is up nearly 20%, making it the largest publicly listed company in the world, with a market value of nearly $5.5 trillion. |
| 1:58.3 | Shares were roughly flat in aftermarket trading. |
| 2:02.3 | And that's it for your T&B Tech Minutes. We'll have another quick tech update in the morning. |
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