Musk’s SpaceX beats OpenAI and Anthropic to the punch with IPO filing

Published April 2, 2026 1:18pm ET



SpaceX is looking to go public by early summer, setting founder Elon Musk up to be the world’s first-ever trillionaire. 

OpenAI and Anthropic, two other major technology companies whose owners are competitors to Musk, are expected to file for similar mega-initial public offerings this year. But SpaceX is set to beat them to the punch, as it was revealed on Wednesday that the company has moved to file for what could be the largest IPO in history.

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