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SpaceX Finalizes IPO Price at $135 a Share in World’s Largest Public Offering

Elon Musk’s rocket company said it would sell more than 555 million shares at $135 each in its blockbuster initial public offering, which is set to begin trading on Friday.

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SpaceX will begin trading publicly on Friday under the ticker symbol SPCX.
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Absent From the SpaceX and OpenAI I.P.O.s? Chinese Investors.

SpaceX will not raise money from investors in China and Hong Kong. Others firms, like OpenAI, may follow suit.

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A Starship test flight at the SpaceX’s Starbase in Texas last month. Investors in China are expected to be excluded from the SpaceX initial public offering.
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Skeptics Question Whether SpaceX Is Worth $1.77 Trillion

Elon Musk’s rocket company is spending big and losing money. That has raised questions about whether it can justify its valuation for its blockbuster initial public offering.

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SpaceX has set an initial public offering price of $135 a share, which would value it at $1.77 trillion. Some investors are skeptical that the valuation is justified.
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Can SpaceX Defy A.I. Gravity?

Elon Musk’s rockets-and-artificial-intelligence company is going public as questions grow over the incredible spending spree taking place in the sector.

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SpaceX’s launchpad for its Starship rocket in March. Investors may be more focused on the company’s artificial intelligence business.
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How Tesla’s Stock Listing in 2010 Enabled SpaceX’s I.P.O.

Investors who bought the automaker’s shares in its initial public offering became rich. As a result, many have a deep faith in Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX.

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During Tesla’s initial public offering in 2010, Elon Musk, the company’s chief executive, said, “The smartest money in the world is betting on Tesla.”
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Antonio Gracias, Elon Musk’s Friend, Is Set to Reap Billions From SpaceX’s IPO

Antonio Gracias, an investor who has built a $65 billion stake in the company, exemplifies the economic upside of being Mr. Musk’s ally.

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Antonio Gracias, left, and Elon Musk at a political event in Green Bay, Wis., last spring. Mr. Gracias and his private equity firm control a $65 billion stake in SpaceX.
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SpaceX’s IPO Could Turn 4,400 Employees Into Millionaires

While Elon Musk may soon become a trillionaire, his rocket company’s market debut is set to the change the lives of its current and former employees, too.

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SpaceX IPO: What You Need to Know

As the company prepares for its stock market debut, here’s what the initial public offering means for banks, Elon Musk and everyday investors.

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Shares of SpaceX are expected to start trading on Friday.
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OpenAI Files Confidentially for IPO as AI Companies Rush to Wall St.

The company hopes to raise billions in a highly anticipated public offering that could unlock a new generation of tech industry wealth.

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot started the artificial intelligence boom.
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