Jim Cramer previews SpaceX's IPO: 3 catalysts to watch and 1 big reservation

Cnbc · May 26, 2026 · 514 words · By Alexa LoMonaco

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CNBC's Jim Cramer said he is cautious on SpaceX's upcoming initial public offering, but pointed to three near-term catalysts that could materially sweeten the investment case.

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What happened

CNBC's Jim Cramer said he is cautious on SpaceX's upcoming initial public offering, but pointed to three near-term catalysts that could materially sweeten the investment case.

Why it matters

"Purely from the numbers, it's very difficult to justify giving SpaceX a $2 trillion valuation," the "Mad Money" host said, referencing a reported valuation target.

Common ground

Elon Musk's SpaceX, which is expected to begin trading on June 12, released its IPO prospectus last week.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Anthropic will pay SpaceX roughly $1.25 billion per month through 2029 to lease computing capacity from the company's Memphis data centers.”

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Three independent web sources (including a LinkedIn report and news articles) confirm the deal where Anthropic pays SpaceX $1.25 billion per month through May 2029 for compute capacity.

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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic is paying SpaceX $1.25 billion every single month to rent GPU compute from Elon Musk's data centers. $15 billion a year. $45 billion total through May 2029. That number was buried in SpaceX'…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/demetripanici_anthropic-is-pa…

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web search NEUTRAL — According to the company’s 300-plus page IPO prospectus filed last week, Anthropic agreed to pay SpaceX $1.25 billion per month through May 2029, with capacity ramping up in May and June 2026 at a red…
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2026/05/30/elon-musk-creates-…

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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX said Anthropic had agreed to pay it $1.25 billion per month through May 2029, in deals for compute capacity that now include both of SpaceX's AI training data center clusters, Colossus and Colo…
https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/technology/3916215-anth…

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Claim 2: “The company completed its 12th test of Starship on Friday”

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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm that Starship flight test 12 occurred, with one source specifically mentioning a target launch date of Friday, May 22, 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As of May 27, 2026, the SpaceX Starship has been launched 12 times, with 7 successes and 5 failures. SpaceX has developed Starship with the intention of lowering launch costs using economies of scale.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Starship_launches

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Starship is a two-stage, fully reusable, super heavy-lift launch vehicle under development by American aerospace company SpaceX. Currently built and launched from Starbase in Texas, it is intended as …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starship

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Starship flight test 12 was the twelfth flight test of a SpaceX Starship launch vehicle, using Booster 19 and Ship 39. Flight 12 featured the first use of Block 3 vehicles, as well as being the first …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_flight_test_12

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Claim 3: “Elon Musk's SpaceX, which is expected to begin trading on June 12, released its IPO prospectus last week.”

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Multiple independent sources (CNBC, and other web results) confirm that SpaceX filed an IPO prospectus (Form S-1) and is targeting a listing date of June 12, 2026, on the Nasdaq.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SpaceX, an American aerospace and artificial intelligence company founded in 2002 by Elon Musk, is preparing for a potential initial public offering (IPO), that may occur as early as June 2026. The co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering_of_Spa…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, doing business as SpaceX, is a private American spaceflight, telecommunications, and artificial intelligence company headquartered at the Starbase developme…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SpaceXAI is a division of the American spaceflight company SpaceX working in the areas of artificial intelligence (AI) and social media. The division's flagship products are the generative AI chatbot …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceXAI

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Claim 4: “Last year, the AI division generated just $3.2 billion in revenue”

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While there is evidence of SpaceX's overall revenue and an AI division (SpaceXAI), none of the provided evidence sources specify that the AI division generated exactly $3.2 billion in revenue last year.

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web search NEUTRAL — By 2012, SpaceX finished all COTS test flights and began delivering Commercial Resupply Services missions to the International Space Station. Also around that time, SpaceX started developing hardware …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX

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web search NEUTRAL — May 22, 2026 · SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people t…
https://www.spacex.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — May 18, 2026 · SpaceX is now targeting a Friday, May 22, launch for its newest Starship design, the Starship V3 megarocket after a launch scrub. See our latest updates here.
https://www.space.com/news/live/spacex-starship-flight-12-la…

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Claim 5: “SpaceX's deal with AI coding startup Cursor... The agreement also gives SpaceX the option to acquire Cursor later this year for $60 billion.”

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Multiple sources, including CNBC and other news reports, confirm that SpaceX has an agreement with Cursor that includes an option to acquire the company for $60 billion later this year.

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 21, 2026 ... SpaceX said it's obtained the rights to buy coding startup Cursor for $60 billion later this year or pay $10 billion for the work they're ...
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/21/spacex-says-it-can-buy-curso…

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 21, 2026 ... ... models. Cursor has also given SpaceX the right to acquire Cursor later this year for $60 billion or pay $10 billion for our work together.
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2046713419978453374?lang=en

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 22, 2026 ... ... includes an alternative path where SpaceX would pay Cursor $10 billion ... acquire the entire company outright for $60 billion later this year.
https://www.heygotrade.com/en/news/spacex-eyes-60b-deal-acqu…

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Claim 6: “in its prospectus, SpaceX said it expects Starship is to begin payload delivery in the second half of 2026.”

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Web search results specifically mention that the IPO prospectus states Starship is expected to begin payload delivery to orbit in the second half of 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Starship is a spacecraft and second stage under development by American aerospace company SpaceX. Stacked atop its booster, Super Heavy, the pair compose SpaceX's super heavy-lift space vehicle, also …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starship_(spacecraft)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Before settling on the 2018 Starship design, SpaceX successively presented a number of reusable super-heavy lift vehicle proposals. These preliminary spacecraft designs were known under various names …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starship_design_history

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Super Heavy is the reusable first stage of the SpaceX Starship super heavy-lift launch vehicle, which it composes in combination with the Starship second stage. As a part of SpaceX's Mars colonization…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Super_Heavy

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Claim 7: “The filing showed a business generating less than $20 billion in annual revenue while posting steep losses as it invests heavily in artificial intelligence infrastructure and its Starship rocket program.”

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Web search results explicitly state that SpaceX reported $18.7 billion in revenue for 2025 (which is 'less than $20 billion') and lost almost $5 billion, citing the IPO filing.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — X, formerly known as Twitter, is an American microblogging and social networking service, headquartered in Bastrop, Texas. It is one of the world's largest social media platforms and one of the most-v…
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