Space Money: At $1.77 Trillion It’s SpaceX IPO Day!
From The DownLink Podcast by The DownLink
June 12, 2026 · 56 min
About this episode
The episode discusses SpaceX's historic IPO and features insights from industry experts.
SpaceX went public on June 12, 2026, in the largest IPO in history, valuing the rocket, satellite broadband communications, and AI company at $1.77 trillion. Laura Winter speaks with Chris Quilty, Founder and CEO of Quilty Space, George Pullen, Chief Economist at MilkyWayEconomy, and Lou Whiteman, stock analyst at The Motley Fool.
People in this episode
Host: Laura Winter
Guests: Chris Quilty, George Pullen, Lou Whiteman
Topics covered
- SpaceX IPO
- financial news
- space industry
- economics
- satellite communications
- AI technology
Keywords
- SpaceX
- IPO
- trillion
- satellite
- AI
- economics
- stock analysis
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Quilty Space, MilkyWayEconomy, The Motley Fool, SpaceX
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