What Tesla’s IPO Can Teach Us About SpaceX

WSJ Tech News Briefing

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🗓️ 12 June 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Elon Musk's last IPO created a big stock market winner. Will SpaceX follow? WSJ reporter Becky Peterson, Barron's associate editor Al Root and WSJ columnist Tim Higgins break down what Tesla's debut can teach investors about SpaceX, and whether the rocket company can really live up to a $1.77 trillion valuation. 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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1:13.1	Welcome to Tech News Briefing.
1:14.9	It's Friday, June 12th.
1:17.2	I'm Imani-Mauiz for the Wall Street Journal.
1:20.3	Today, we're starting with a bell.
1:29.3	That's the sound of the NASDAQ opening bell one June morning. Nearly 16 years ago, the last time Elon Musk took a company public.
1:34.3	On June 29, 2010, Tesla made its debut in an IPO priced at $17 a share,
1:42.3	at a valuation of roughly $1.7 billion.
1:46.5	In just a matter of hours, we expect another must company, SpaceX, to launch on the NASDAQ
1:52.6	at evaluation of $1.77 trillion.
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