--- title: SpaceX’s IPO could open the floodgates — and secondaries... description: SpaceX is reportedly preparing for a potential 2026 IPO by lining up major Wall Street banks, which could signal the reopening of public markets after years of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-s-ipo-could-open-the-floodgates-and-secondaries-are-booming-in-the-meantime-fph8e2vzx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: SpaceX’s IPO could open the floodgates — and secondaries are booming in the meantime | daily.dev og:description: SpaceX is reportedly preparing for a potential 2026 IPO by lining up major Wall Street banks, which could signal the reopening of public markets after years of... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-s-ipo-could-open-the-floodgates-and-secondaries-are-booming-in-the-meantime-fph8e2vzx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Fph8E2vZx.png og:image:alt: SpaceX’s IPO could open the floodgates — and secondaries are booming in the meantime og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # SpaceX’s IPO could open the floodgates — and secondaries are booming in the meantime **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 15 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary SpaceX is reportedly preparing for a potential 2026 IPO by lining up major Wall Street banks, which could signal the reopening of public markets after years of drought. In the meantime, late-stage private companies are creating liquidity through a booming secondary market where employees and early shareholders can trade shares before going public. Secondary markets provide price discovery and investor access to companies like SpaceX, Stripe, Databricks, and AI firms like OpenAI and Anthropic. SpaceX's IPO could act as a bellwether, potentially unlocking capital markets for other large private companies. The company is trading above its $800 billion tender valuation in secondary markets, approaching the $1.5 trillion IPO price discussed. Despite Elon Musk's previous stance against going public, market conditions and capital needs for ambitious projects like Starship and space data centers make an IPO strategically sensible. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [SpaceX is coming to the public markets, and secondaries are already on fire](https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-is-coming-to-the-public-markets-and-secondaries-are-already-on-fire-li78gnpvq) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#fintech](https://daily.dev/tags/fintech), [#ipo](https://daily.dev/tags/ipo), [#spacex](https://daily.dev/tags/spacex), [#startup](https://daily.dev/tags/startup), [#venture-capital](https://daily.dev/tags/venture-capital) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-s-ipo-could-open-the-floodgates-and-secondaries-are-booming-in-the-meantime-fph8e2vzx) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"SpaceX’s IPO could open the floodgates — and secondaries are booming in the meantime","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-s-ipo-could-open-the-floodgates-and-secondaries-are-booming-in-the-meantime-fph8e2vzx","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-s-ipo-could-open-the-floodgates-and-secondaries-are-booming-in-the-meantime-fph8e2vzx"},"datePublished":"2026-01-30T19:43:40.107Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T03:44:02.049Z","description":"SpaceX is reportedly preparing for a potential 2026 IPO by lining up major Wall Street banks, which could signal the reopening of public markets after years of...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/aee35f0b5d197328e0add4d2fecca060?_a=AQAEulh","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/aee35f0b5d197328e0add4d2fecca060?_a=AQAEulh","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"TechCrunch","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TechCrunch","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tc","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-s-ipo-could-open-the-floodgates-and-secondaries-are-booming-in-the-meantime-fph8e2vzx","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"fintech,ipo,spacex,startup,venture-capital","timeRequired":"PT15M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TechCrunch","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"SpaceX’s IPO could open the floodgates — and secondaries are booming in the meantime"}]} ```