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Engadget Podcast: Making sense of SpaceX's messy IPO (and its messier CEO) - Engadget

www.engadget.com · June 12, 2026 · 13:27

Elon Musk, potentially the world's first trillionaire, is posting racism on main.

With SpaceX planning to go public on June 12th, we brought on Slate's Nitish Pahwa to dive into what it all means. How can an unprofitable company justify an IPO, and what does it plan to do with all that money? And how can we square the tech and finance world's excitement over this IPO when Elon Musk spent this week encouraging rioters in Belfast?

Host: Devindra Hardawar Guest: Nitish Pahwa Producer: Ben Ellman Music: Dale North and Terrence O'Brien