SMRTR TechDec 10, 2025Ars Technica

After years of resisting it, SpaceX now plans to go public. Why?

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SpaceX plans to go public next year with a potential $1.5 trillion valuation to raise over $30 billion, marking a dramatic shift from Elon Musk's previous resistance to public ownership. Musk now seeks massive capital to build space-based data centers using modified Starlink satellites, viewing this as crucial to winning the artificial intelligence race while simultaneously funding his Mars colonization goals.

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