How Elon Musk Engineered the World’s Biggest I.P.O.

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SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite maker, is set to go public and begin selling shares as soon as next week. Ryan Mac, who reports on business, explains the plan for the company’s expected record-shattering debut on the stock market, and how it is changing the rules for investing. Guest: Ryan Mac (https://www.nytimes.com/by/ryan-mac) , a New York Times reporter based in Los Angeles who covers corporate accountability across the global technology industry. Background reading:  • Why sky-high I.P.O. pricing (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/business/spacex-openai-anthropic-ipo-invest.html) isn’t great for real people. • From April: SpaceX filed to go public (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/technology/spacex-ipo-elon-musk.html) , setting the stage for a huge I.P.O. Photo: Steve Nesius/Reuters For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily) . Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts (http://nytimes.com/podcasts) or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.