Update, August 19, 2026: This Dec. 10 morning piece is the wire report, written before Musk’s evening reply. Hours later he said Eric Berger was accurate — Tesery’s sibling is Musk’s six-word confirmation. SpaceX later filed and priced at $135 / about $75 billion / $1.77 trillion in June 2026. Those later numbers are not what Bloomberg had locked on Dec. 9.
On December 9, 2025 Bloomberg reported SpaceX was pursuing a 2026 IPO, aiming to raise significantly more than $30 billion at about a $1.5 trillion valuation, possibly mid-to-late 2026 or slipping into 2027. The Wall Street Journal had just described a private secondary around $800 billion and CFO Bret Johnsen telling investors the company was considering a 2026 listing. Tesery filed this note in the early hours of Dec. 10 UTC — before Musk posted. That night’s “As usual, Eric is accurate” is a different article. This one is sourced reporting, not a founder announcement.
Key facts
- Who reported it: Bloomberg (Dec. 9) and the Journal (secondary + Johnsen’s 2026 IPO comment).
- What the numbers were: ~$1.5 trillion target and >$30 billion raise in Bloomberg’s account; $800 billion on the private sale in the Journal’s.
- What was not public: An S-1, a ticker, or a priced book.
- What this is not: Tesla going public again, or a Tesla–SpaceX merger.
A leak vs a listing
SpaceX had stayed private for two decades. A sourced 2026 window is how IPOs usually leak: bankers and secondaries first, founder quote later. Starlink’s December customer print is Tesery’s 9 million active customers note — the cash engine people were putting a multiple on. It is not the IPO.
FAQ
Had Musk confirmed this when Tesery first published?
No. This file is the Bloomberg/WSJ week. The confirmation post is the sibling.
Was $1.5 trillion official?
It was in Bloomberg’s sourced story, not a SpaceX press release.
Could the public buy SpaceX that week?
No.
For Tesla owners: a SpaceX rumor tape does not change FSD on your car.
Featured photo: SpaceX Starbase launch site (file photo of the company in the IPO reports, not a Nasdaq open). Image via Wikimedia Commons.
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