SpaceX picks Goldman Sachs to lead record-breaking IPO, sources say

May 19, 2026

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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attends a state banquet for President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14, 2026.
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SpaceX, which is getting set to publicly disclose its IPO prospectus, has picked Goldman Sachs

Goldman will have the lead left position on the prospectus, followed by Morgan StanleyBank of AmericaCitigroupJPMorgan Chase

Elon Musk’s reusable rocket company is expected to make its prospectus public as soon as Wednesday after confidentially filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission last month. The offering is likely to bring in a record sum as SpaceX was most recently valued at $1.25 trillion by Musk, when he merged the company with xAI, his artificial intelligence startup, in February.

SpaceX didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

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SpaceX is looking to get to the public market ahead of AI model leaders OpenAI and Anthropic, which are both valued at close to $1 trillion by private investors. Those companies are eyeing to go public as soon as this year.

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