26 May 2026
SpaceX-Tesla merger chatter reignites as Musk pushes rocket company towards Nasdaq
As Elon Musk prepares to lead a second trillion-dollar company into the public market, a move that will likely put him in charge of two of the 10 most valuable U.S. enterprises, chatter is building that Musk's ultimate goal is to combine the entities into one.
Lora Kolodny, Seema Mody
2026
24 May 2026
Space rockets, satellites, data centers and Grok: What's the right S&P sector index for SpaceX?
SpaceX is on the verge of going where no initial public offering has ever gone before. The company, created and led by Elon Musk, is targeting a stratospheric valuation of $1.75 trillion on the Nasdaq Stock Market. SpaceX may be fast-tracked into broadly held indexes like the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 at light speed.
Jason Gewirtz
2026
22 May 2026
SpaceX will retry Starship test flight after scrubbing prior launch
A Tesla Cybertruck drives past SpaceX facilities in Hawthorne, California, US, on Monday, April 13, 2026.
Lora Kolodny
2026
21 May 2026
SpaceX readies 12th test flight of massive Starship rocket as IPO looms
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is displayed outside a Space Exploration Technologies Corp. facility in Hawthorne, California, on March 26, 2026.
Lora Kolodny
2026
21 May 2026
Job training for robots: How China is getting machines ready to join the workforce
Chinese technology consultant Kenneth Ren is training the workers of the future. The only thing is, they are not human. "We are essentially teaching robots to think on their own," Ren, an overseas solution expert with RealMan Intelligent Technology told CNBC recently at the Beijing-based Humanoid Robot Data Training Center.
Eunice Yoon
2026
21 May 2026
SpaceX, OpenAI valuations would mean they leapfrog Berkshire Hathaway on first day of trading
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is displayed outside a Space Exploration Technologies Corp. facility in Hawthorne, California, on March 26, 2026.
Davis Giangiulio
2026
21 May 2026
Tesla brings 'Full Self-Driving' to China after years of delays as local EV rivals race ahead
Consumers with the Tesla Model Y L electric vehicle in Tesla stores in Shanghai, China on October 19, 2025.
Matthew Chin
2026
20 May 2026
OpenAI takes the lead in AI IPO horse race: 'Getting to public markets first is very important'
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images
Davis Giangiulio
2026
20 May 2026
Zuckerberg says 'success isn't a given' in memo to employees amid Meta layoffs
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees in a Wednesday memo that the company's decision to lay off 8,000 employees is necessary because 'success isn't a given' in the fierce and competitive space of artificial intelligence.
Jonathan Vanian
2026
