2026-06-04
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SpaceX unveiled plans to raise $75 billion in an initial public offering.
Elon Musk's rocketry firm said it was seeking to sell 555.6 million shares at $135 each.
The debut would dwarf Saudi Aramco's, the biggest to date,
which raised $29.4 billion in 2019, and it would value SpaceX at almost $1.77 trillion.
Anthropic and OpenAI, two AI firms, are also expected to be preparing massive IPOs.
US Central Command said it struck targets on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz,