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SpaceX Just Pulled Off the Most Dangerous IPO Trick Ever
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- Good Revenue News
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- Jun 12, 2026
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- 738
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Summary
SpaceX had a huge IPO day, pricing at $135, opening at $150, and jumping more than 25% to a $2 trillion valuation, pushing Elon Musk to trillionaire status and netting banks about $500 million in fees. Except what if this rally is driven almost entirely by hype and financial engineering over fundamentals and long-term value? CHAPTERS 00:00 SpaceX IPO Pops 00:47 Trillionaire Musk Moment 01:49 Hype Versus Fundamentals 02:40 Self Dealing Concerns 03:29 Merger And Data Center News 04:33 Google and Anthropic Entanglements 05:19 Index Funds Rigged Rules 06:50 Lockups Rebalancing Risks 08:30 IPOs Underperform Long Term 09:14 Operational And Market Headwinds 10:05 AI Price War Fallout 11:41 Closing And Sign Off IF YOU LIKED THIS, WATCH: → AI Pricing is Fake and Its About to Get Real: https://youtu.be/zeCv41Gvr8o → Why SpaceX is Not Worth Trillions Even If Retail Investors Think So: https://youtu.be/N3YWf7hWk5A → Anthropic IPO Spells Trouble for OpenAI: https://youtu.be/bz5fsLTSUiU SOURCES & FURTHER READING * CNBC SpaceX Charts: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/12/spacex-ipo-spcx-live-updates.html * SpaceX Live Coverage: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SPCX/ * SpaceX COO Says SpaceX Will Merge with Tesla: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/12/spacex-coo-shotwell-tesla-deal-makes-elons-life-a-little-easier.html * SpaceX Rented Out Computing After Own Teams Had Trouble Using It: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-12/spacex-rented-out-computing-after-own-teams-had-trouble-using-it * Anthropic & Google AI Compute Deals: https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/spacex-signs-920m-monthly-cloud-091359441.html * AI Price War is Here Piling On Pressure on OpenAI & Anthropic and AI Sector: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-ai-price-war-is-here-piling-pressure-on-ope…