SpaceX

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SpaceX, aerospace manufacturer and launch services company, founded 2002 by Elon Musk, headquartered at Starbase, Texas. It conducts more orbital launches annually than any other provider, with Falcon 9 boosters having landed and reflown more than 630 times as of May 2026. The company filed for an IPO in 2026 expected to be the largest ever, and acquired xAI in February 2026, merging rocket and satellite capabilities with AI.

Key facts

Founded

2002

Founders

Elon Musk

Employees

13000

Sectors

hardware, ai

Website

spacex.com

Mission

Designs, manufactures, and launches reusable rockets and spacecraft to reduce space transportation costs and make human life multiplanetary.

Recent activity

• Aug 2026product
  SpaceX announced an exclusive AI infrastructure partnership with Nvidia at its first public earnings call on August 4, 2026. CEO Elon Musk confirmed SpaceX will build entirely on Nvidia's Vera Rubin NVL72 architecture. The company targets ~2 gigawatts of compute capacity by end-2026, scaling to ~10 gigawatts by end-2027. SpaceX also revealed its Starmind AI satellite constellation, which will carry Nvidia Rubin GPUs and Vera CPUs to run AI workloads in orbit. eciks.org
• Jul 2026press
  SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) announced its first-ever earnings call, scheduled to present Q2 2026 financial results. This is the company's first quarterly report since its June IPO. teslaoracle.com
• Jul 2026investment
  SpaceX's May 2026 S-1 IPO filing disclosed the company holds 18,712 BTC, valued at approximately $1.29 billion, placing it among the largest corporate Bitcoin holders. 21rates.com
• Jun 2026fundraise
  SpaceX debuted on the Nasdaq under ticker SPCX on June 12, 2026, closing at $161 per share — a 19% gain on its first day. The IPO valued the company at $1.77 trillion. Goldman Sachs served as lead-left underwriter. cnbc.com
• Jun 2026product
  SpaceX acquired xAI, rebranding it SpaceX AI. The company also announced a Terra-sized chip building project and confirmed Starship's Flight 12 carried the heaviest payload SpaceX has ever flown. singjupost.com
• Dec 2025fundraise
  Elon Musk confirmed a 2026 IPO was accurate, responding to an Ars Technica report on X. Bloomberg reported SpaceX planned to raise more than $30 billion. A concurrent share sale valued the company at roughly $800 billion, though Musk disputed that specific figure. cnbc.com
• Jul 2026product
  Starship's 13th flight test scheduled for launch as early as July 16, 2026, with SpaceX publishing a behind-the-scenes series called 'Critical Path' documenting engineers in the final days before launch. x.com
• Jul 2026product
  SpaceX launched the first commercial nuclear-powered satellite, BOHR, into orbit on July 10, 2026. tracxn.com
• Jun 2026fundraise
  SpaceX completed its IPO on June 12, 2026, listing on NASDAQ under ticker SPCX at $135 per share. The offering raised $75 billion at an implied valuation of $1.75 trillion — the largest IPO in history. Retail investors received 30% of the allocation. Thousands of current and former employees became millionaires through pre-owned shares. forgeglobal.com
• Jun 2026press
  SpaceX is set to join the Nasdaq 100 index following its public listing, deepening its presence in institutional portfolios. cnbc.com
• May 2026leadership
  SpaceX began actively recruiting engineers and physicists for its AI division, SpaceXAI (formed after the xAI merger). Elon Musk posted publicly on May 21 inviting candidates with no prior AI experience to apply directly via email. businessinsider.com
• Feb 2026investment
  SpaceX acquired xAI in an all-stock triangular merger on February 2, 2026 — valuing SpaceX at $1 trillion, xAI at $250 billion, and the combined entity at $1.25 trillion. CNBC described it as the largest corporate combination in history. keeptrack.space

Key people

Named individuals at the firm. We don't expose direct email or phone — use their LinkedIn for outreach.

• Elon Musk · CTO
• Ben Hylak · Employee
• Gwynne Shotwell · President & COO
• Bret Johnsen · CFO
• Tom Mueller · Founding employee, propulsion

Sources

• SpaceX — Wikipedia
• SpaceX's historic IPO plans — CNBC
• SpaceX Cursor acquisition offer — CNBC
• SpaceX Funding — Tracxn
• SpaceX — LinkedIn
• https://www.businessinsider.com/watch-spacex-ipo-roadshow-pitch-investors-2026-6
• https://spaceflightnow.com/
• https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/bound-mars-elon-musks-spacex-unveils-filing-blockbuster-ipo-2026-05-20/
• https://sacra.com/c/spacex/
• https://www.spacex.com/updates
• https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/technology/spacex-ipo-elon-musk.html
• https://keeptrack.space/deep-dive/who-owns-spacex
• https://x.com/SpaceX
• https://tracxn.com/d/companies/spacex/__UIpPfXSDe2O53VUbJNlNoPlcSwZr-1f_r0ie4BjsSaw
• https://forgeglobal.com/spacex_ipo/
• https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/06/27/spacex-jobs-stem-careers-labor-economy.html
• https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-spacex-ai-hiring-personally-reviews-applications-2026-5
• https://eciks.org/18858-nvidia-spacex-exclusive-ai-partnership
• https://www.teslaoracle.com/2026/07/21/spacex-spcx-announces-the-date-for-its-first-ever-earnings-call-and-financial-results-q2-2026/
• https://21rates.com/companies/1192/spacex
• https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/12/spacex-ipo-spcx-live-updates.html
• https://singjupost.com/interview-elon-musk-on-spacex-plans-transcript/
• https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/11/musk-says-spacex-report-of-2026-ipo-is-accurate.html

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