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The Consequences of SpaceX’s Trillion-Dollar I.P.O.

SpaceX’s trading debut is expected to smash records. Wall Street is watching to see what else it disrupts.

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SpaceX’s market debut today is expected to be a watershed moment for Wall Street.
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SpaceX IPO: How Our Reporters Assess the Sky-High Valuation and Potential Economic Impact

Two Times tech reporters and their editor talk about assessing the sky-high valuation of the rocket and satellite maker, the potential economic impact of its public debut and the role of the world’s richest man in it all.

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Elon Musk’s rocket maker SpaceX set a price of $135 a share, which would value it at $1.77 trillion.
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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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Jeff Bezos Wants to Build an ‘Artificial General Engineer’

As co-chief executive of the start-up Prometheus, the Amazon founder is using A.I. to improve how devices ranging from computers to jet engines are made.

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With his new company, Prometheus, Jeff Bezos is training A.I. on the design and manufacturing process of various industries.
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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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Microsoft C.E.O. Satya Nadella Says ‘Everyone Is a Stakeholder’ in A.I.

At The New York Times’s Hard Fork Live event, Mr. Nadella addressed the backlash against artificial intelligence and President Trump’s comments about Americans sharing in the wealth of A.I. companies

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Satya Nadella, left, the chief executive of Microsoft, at the Hard Fork Live event in San Francisco on Wednesday.
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Trump Muses About Government Taking a Piece of A.I. Companies

President Trump touched on what is an increasingly hot topic in Washington: how average Americans can get a piece of the tech industry’s A.I. windfall.

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President Trump, shown here in the Oval Office on Wednesday, has not been shy about the government’s taking a stake in companies.
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