Elon Musk's SpaceX is eyeing an initial public offering that could be the largest ever, at least partially driven by a plan to launch AI data centers into orbit.

SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic… As the world’s most valuable unlisted companies prepare to list en masse next year and beyond, investors’ attention is once again expected to focus on the U.S. These companies are collectively seen as “dream stocks” driven by cutting-edge technology.

SpaceX is planning to raise tens of billions of dollars through an initial public offering next year, multiple outlets have reported, and Ars can confirm. This represents a major change in thinking from the world’s leading space company and its founder, Elon Musk.

SpaceX is forging ahead with plans for an initial public offering to raise “significantly” more than $30 billion, sources told Bloomberg. The Elon Musk-led company is reportedly targeting a valuation of $1.

Alphabet may book a fresh accounting gain as a new SpaceX tender offer lifts the private company’s valuation and the value of Google’s stake.

Once Elon Musk decided to build a reusable spacecraft to carry his dreams of Martian colonization, the engineers at SpaceX knew they would need a special engine for the world’s most powerful rocket. Starship, as the vehicle came to be called, demanded ...

SpaceX and Amazon stand to get about 4% of the nearly $20 billion that states have proposed for rural broadband buildouts, representing roughly 21% of the locations under the federal BEAD program.

SpaceX has one more launch scheduled from Southern California before Christmas. A Falcon 9 rocket will deploy 27 Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit. The launch is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 16, from the Vandenberg Space Force Base.