20 May 2026
Elon Musk's pay package reveals SpaceX actually is: a $1 trillion monster built to colonize Mars
Elon Musk’s new pay package at SpaceX , the largest in corporate history, comes with one little catch: He doesn’t get the money until one million people live on Mars.
Eva Roytburg
2026
20 May 2026
SpaceX files to go public in huge IPO deal
Elon Musk wants to take investors on a ride to the moon — and beyond. His pioneering rocket company SpaceX filed Wednesday for what’s expected to be the largest initial public offering in history, potentially raising at least $75 billion and valuing the company at well over $1 trillion.
@ldarmiento, Laurence Darmiento
2026
20 May 2026
SpaceX Is Spending $2.8 Billion to Buy Gas Turbines for Its AI Data Centers
Elon Musk’s SpaceX committed to spending over $2.8 billion in recent months to buy gas turbines to power data centers for its artificial intelligence unit, the company revealed in a regulatory filing on Wednesday.
@wired, Paresh Dave
2026
20 May 2026
This longtime Musk ally and SpaceX investor is sitting on a $90 billion jackpot
This longtime Musk ally and SpaceX investor is sitting on a $90 billion jackpot
Ben Bergman
2026
20 May 2026
Microsoft Hired An Analyst With An Influential Video Game Blog To Fix Xbox
Matthew Ball is the new chief strategy officer for Xbox ahead of Project Helix.
Jessica Conditt
2026
20 May 2026
SpaceX IPO Filing Reveals Anthropic Is Paying $15 Billion a Year to Access Its Data Centers
Anthropic has agreed to pay SpaceX $1.25 billion per month through May of 2029 for access to cloud computing infrastructure, a long-awaited US regulatory filing revealed on Wednesday. In other words, Anthropic will be sending a rival artificial intelligence lab roughly $15 billion a year, an extraordinary sum that demonstrates how access to compute has become one of the defining bottlenecks in…
@wired
2026
20 May 2026
‘Solve all diseases,’ you say?
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change your life. This week’s issue is a special early edition tied to The Verge’s Google I/O coverage. You can expect our next issue at its usual time next Friday. Opt in for Optimizer here.
Victoria Song
2026
20 May 2026
The SpaceX IPO filing has arrived
SpaceX, the aerospace company founded by Elon Musk 24 years ago, has finally made its IPO filing public . The hefty filing, posted after markets closed Wednesday, shows a company that has developed far beyond its initial pursuit of reusable rockets — although its long-term mission to create a multi-planetary species remains intact.
Kirsten Korosec
2026
20 May 2026
SpaceX confirms plans for an IPO that could make Elon Musk a trillionaire
SpaceX confirmed plans to sell shares of its stock to the public for the first time, according to a securities filing Wednesday outlining the company’s fundamentals. The initial public offering (IPO) could make CEO Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire, a milestone that underscores the extraordinary wealth the tech industry has amassed over three decades.
David Ingram, NBCNews
2026
