25 Jun 2026
Is Tesla Stock Better Than SpaceX? The Answer Might Surprise You.
Space Exploration Technologies ( SPCX 1.01% ) successfully executed one of the largest IPOs in history on June 12. Even after a the stock tumbled this week, SpaceX's valuation is more than Tesla ( TSLA 1.61% ) , another trillion-dollar business led by Elon Musk .
Ryan Vanzo
2026
24 Jun 2026
Live Coverage: West Coast Falcon 9 launch to continue expansion of SpaceX’s Starlink network
SpaceX’s increased launch cadence at Vandenberg was highlighted by the sight of two Falcon 9 boosters at Space Launch Complex 4E on June 22, 2026. B1063, in the foreground, about to launch on Starlink 17-28...
Steven Young
2026
24 Jun 2026
Elon Musk loses trillionaire status as SpaceX and Tesla stock drops
Elon Musk was no longer a trillionaire by the time markets closed on Wednesday. Plunging shares in Tesla and SpaceX dragged the tech magnate down to billionaire status. As of 4pm ET, Forbes listed Musk’s net worth as $970.2bn.
Sanya Mansoor
2026
24 Jun 2026
SpaceX’s IPO: Enriching the Few, Harming the Many
On June 12, Elon Musk’s company SpaceX went public. The company was the largest initial public offering (IPO) in history, hitting a public market valuation of $2.1 trillion and becoming the sixth-most valuable US firm overnight, later rising even higher to fourth.
News Desk
2026
24 Jun 2026
Elon Musk loses trillionaire status as global tech rout hits SpaceX
Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk lost his trillionaire status on Tuesday, less than two weeks after becoming the first person to achieve it following SpaceX's public debut, according to data from Bloomberg.
Fran Velasquez
2026
24 Jun 2026
SpaceX launching 24 Starlink satellites from California tonight: Watch it live
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the NROL-105 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Jan. 16, 2026. | Credit: SpaceX
Mike Wall
2026
24 Jun 2026
Tesla cofounder JB Straubel’s first pitch to Elon Musk failed. Then he turned his ‘hobby’ into a $1.3 trillion success
Before Tesla became a $1.3 trillion juggernaut eyeing a potential megamerger with SpaceX, Elon Musk was writing a check to a then-27-year-old Stanford engineer who couldn’t get anyone to take his electric car idea seriously.
Rachel Ventresca
2026
23 Jun 2026
SpaceX raises $25 billion in debt sale less than two weeks after IPO
SpaceX employees go to work at the SpaceX facility in Hawthorne on the day of their company's IPO, in Hawthorne, California, June 12, 2026. Mike Blake | Reuters Less than two weeks after its record IPO, SpaceX has raised $25 billion in a debt sale, CNBC has confirmed.
Lora Kolodny, Seema Mody
2026
23 Jun 2026
‘Real, Actual Villains’: What’s Driving the Remarkably Bipartisan Backlash to Data Centers
This month, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, unveiled a set of sweeping recommendations to rein in rampant data center development, urging Texas lawmakers to aggressively regulate the tech industry in a state that has a reputation for welcoming new development with open arms. At the same time, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, the Democratic leader of a…
Allegra Kirkland
2026
