According to WSJ, SpaceX is launching a secondary share sale that will value Elon Musk’s rocket maker $800 billion – Doubled its recent valuation of $400 billion and overtook OpenAI to become America’s most valuable private company.
SpaceX did not respond to a request for comment; The Journal did not report on the scale of the offering.
This staggering figure shows how routine mega-valuations have become in private markets. OpenAI is worth $500 billion, while Anthropic has reportedly soared to $350 billion last month, up from $183 billion a few months ago, following big investments from Microsoft and Nvidia.
These companies can now achieve public-market-level valuations while remaining private, driven by secondary sales that provide liquidity without having to scrutinize quarterly earnings reports.
SpaceX, founded in 2002, dominates commercial rocket launches and operates its satellite internet service Starlink, with more than eight million customers globally as of November.
