economy
December 6, 2025
SpaceX reportedly in talks for secondary sale at $800B valuation, which would make it America's most valuable private company
The eye-popping figure reflects how routine mega-valuations have become in private markets.
TL;DR
- SpaceX is planning a secondary share sale that could value the company at $800 billion.
- This valuation would double its recent $400 billion valuation.
- The $800 billion valuation would make SpaceX America's most valuable private company, surpassing OpenAI ($500 billion).
- Other private companies like Anthropic are also seeing surging valuations.
- Private companies are achieving high valuations through secondary sales, providing liquidity without public scrutiny.
- SpaceX was founded in 2002 and is a leader in commercial rocket launches.
- SpaceX operates Starlink, a satellite internet service with over 8 million customers as of November.
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