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May 21, 2026

SpaceX files for Nasdaq IPO under SPCX as Musk holds 85.1% voting control

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SpaceX files for Nasdaq IPO under SPCX as Musk holds 85.1% voting control

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  1. SpaceX files for Nasdaq IPO as Musk holds 85.1% voting control
  2. OpenAI said to prepare confidential IPO filing Fri., targeting Sep. debut
  3. Anthropic expects $10.9B in Q2 revenue, $559M operating profit
  4. NVIDIA Q1 FY27 revenue +85% YoY to $81.6B, net income +211%
  5. Cohere releases Command A+ open model for agentic tasks

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1. SpaceX files for Nasdaq IPO under SPCX as Musk holds 85.1% voting control

SpaceX revenue +33% YoY to $18.7B on a $4.9B loss as costs and expenses reached $21.3B:

Bloomberg.

  • $75B is the targeted IPO raise.

  • Jun. 4: proposed share sale terms are expected to be disclosed, with pricing set for Jun. 11.

  • SpaceX listed at least 1M inhabitants on Mars among its long-term goals.

  • Anthropic is paying SpaceX $1.25B/month through May 2029 under its compute agreement, according to the S-1 filing.

  • SpaceX capex rose to $20.7B in 2025 from $11.2B a year earlier.

  • SpaceX plans another $2.8B in turbine purchases for data centers, including a $2B mobile gas turbine deal tied to ongoing litigation.

Starlink subscribers reached 8.9M in 2025

  • +105% YoY to 10.3M Starlink subscribers in Q1 2026.

  • Starlink accounted for ~67% of SpaceX sales in Q1 2026.

  • xAI posted a $6.4B operating loss on $3.2B revenue in 2025.

  • Grok and X had a combined 550M MAUs as of Mar. 2026, with 117M using Grok AI features.

  • SpaceX set aside $530M for potential litigation losses, including lawsuits tied to Grok’s ā€œSpicyā€ mode.

  • Relatedly, Binance has launched SpaceX pre-IPO perpetual futures on its platform.

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3. OpenAI said to prepare confidential IPO filing Fri., targeting Sep. debut

  • Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are reportedly helping OpenAI draft an IPO prospectus for regulators.

  • The plans remain fluid and could still change.

  • OpenAI won a legal fight with Elon Musk earlier this week, clearing a major roadblock.

  • Sam Altman has reportedly pushed for an IPO, while OpenAI’s CFO told leaders the company may need more time.

Separately, OpenAI said an internal reasoning model disproved a 1946 Paul Erdős geometry conjecture

OpenAI tested how model success rates changed with more test-time compute after verifying the initial proof:

OpenAI.

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5. Anthropic expects $10.9B in Q2 revenue, +130% QoQ, $559M operating profit, first ever

WSJ.

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