Largest IPO in history
SpaceX is going public at a $1.75 trillion valuation, making it the largest IPO in history.
Snapshot · My First Million
The most simplified breakdown of the SpaceX IPO on the internet
Explore episode
Jun 12, 2026
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What even is SpaceX
At 6:10 · chapter starts 0:00
Shaan Puri opens by promising the most relatable SpaceX IPO analysis on the internet — not the smart one, the useful one [1] — Shaan Puri "SpaceX is three businesses stapled together: a launch monopoly, a satellite internet service (Starlink), and an AI play. You're not buying …" 01:35 . He walks through Elon Musk's origin story: fresh off the PayPal sale with ~$200 million in the bank, Elon searches NASA's website for a Mars mission, finds nothing, and begins his rabbit hole. He considers buying a decommissioned ICBM missile from Russia, gets laughed out of the room twice, and decides like any stubborn genius: he'll build his own rocket. Sam Parr frames SpaceX as Elon pushing two twin motel beds together into a 'super bed' — a conglomerate of rockets, satellite internet, AI, and Twitter that makes no obvious sense until you see the whole picture. The conversation establishes the central tension: SpaceX is going public at $1.75 trillion, and it's either the greatest business of the century or a monument to irrational exuberance.
SpaceX in Plain English: What Does This Company Actually Do?
SpaceX is three businesses stapled together: a launch monopoly, a satellite internet service (Starlink), and an AI play. You're not buying a rocket company — you're buying the infrastructure layer of the next era of civilization.
The Trillion Dollar Context: What $1.75T Actually Means
A million seconds is 11.5 days. A billion is 32 years. A trillion is 32,000 years. SpaceX is going public at $1.75 trillion — and when the IPO closes, Elon Musk will be the world's first paper trillionaire.
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