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SpaceX Stock Pops to 161 Dollars Per Share on Opening Day After IPO Priced at 135 Dollars

SpaceX shares opened at 150 and briefly surged to 176 dollars before settling around 161 at the close of regular trading.

Anthropic submitted its draft registration statement to the SEC at a valuation approaching one trillion dollars ahead of its planned IPO.

Investment bank Goldman Sachs forecast a quadrupling of IPO proceeds this year driven by three landmark technology listings.

The IPO of SpaceX which also includes the xAI segment was celebrated as the culmination of a 24-year journey from a small El Segundo warehouse.

Google co-founder Larry Page is the closest rival to Musk but his 296 billion dollar fortune falls far short of the new trillion-dollar mark.

Research firm Morningstar raised questions about SpaceX’s valuation citing the gap between the company’s current revenues and its market cap.

The xAI segment which includes X recorded a widening operating loss in 2025 but also showed significant revenue growth of 22%.

A blog post on the SpaceX IPO pricing day argued it marks the opening of a long-awaited era when AI-era companies finally go public.

Online posts exaggerating the SpaceX IPO size claiming it raised $100 billion were debunked as the confirmed raise was $75 billion at $135 per share.

The rapid expansion of Starlink’s satellite internet and direct-to-mobile service was the primary driver behind SpaceX’s decision to go public.