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SpaceX lines up four Wall Street banks for mega 2026 IPO: Report
SpaceX aims for a 2026 IPO potentially raising over $30 billion with four major banks leading, valuing the company near $1.5 trillion, sources say.
- On January 22, 2026, the Financial Times reported that SpaceX selected Bank of America Corp., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley for senior roles on a potential IPO.
- As preparations accelerate, SpaceX executives have held meetings with investment bankers in recent weeks, targeting an IPO this year that could value the company at about $1.5 trillion.
- Currently, the company is running a secondary insider share sale valuing company at about $800 billion, and SpaceX is one of the world’s largest private companies, making the IPO process complex.
- SpaceX has told employees to enter a quiet period ahead of the expected listing, which could raise tens of billions and potentially eclipse Saudi Aramco's $29 billion IPO record this year.
- Building data centers in orbit faces severe technical hurdles, including latency, heat dissipation, and component launches, while company insiders say Elon Musk aims to build AI data centers in space as OpenAI and Anthropic prepare mega listings.
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The company could be valued at $800 billion. Objective: to raise enough money to finance a titanium project consisting of installing in space the data centers essential to Elon Musk's artificial intelligence activities.
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SpaceX lines up four Wall Street banks for mega 2026 IPO, source says
Elon Musk's space startup SpaceX is lining up four Wall Street banks for leading roles on a potential initial public offering that could rank among the largest market debuts ever, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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