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Mega-IPOs could signal market top, say analysts as SpaceX and OpenAI prep record floats

Cnbc · · 610 words · By Joseph Wilkins
AI Sector Valuation Market Bubble Concerns Corporate Profitability
open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/22/ipo-flurry-top-market-analysts-ai-spacex-musk-al…

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13 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“SpaceX's hotly anticipated IPO, confirmed in a regulatory filing on Thursday and expected on June 12”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general SpaceX Wikipedia entries and a news snippet about a Starship launch. There is no mention of a regulatory filing for an IPO or a specific date of June 12.
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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 — 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 to live on other…
https://www.spacex.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · SpaceX's advanced new "V3" Starship megarocket is set to fly for the first time ever next week. The debut will feature some in-space action never seen before on a Starship mission.
https://www.space.com/tag/spacex
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“Elon Musk's firm is targeting a valuation of $1.75 trillion on the Nasdaq.”
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The provided evidence for this claim does not mention a target valuation of $1.75 trillion or a Nasdaq listing; it contains general company information and Starship news.
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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 — 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 to live on other…
https://www.spacex.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · SpaceX's advanced new "V3" Starship megarocket is set to fly for the first time ever next week. The debut will feature some in-space action never seen before on a Starship mission.
https://www.space.com/tag/spacex
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“OpenAI and Anthropic have also announced their intentions to go public later this year.”
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TipRanks reports that OpenAI and Anthropic are in early-stage preparations for their IPOs, corroborating the intention to go public.
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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI is an American artificial intelligence (AI) research organization headquartered in San Francisco, consisting of a for-profit public benefit corporation (PBC) partially controlled by a nonprofit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI
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web search NEUTRAL — We believe our research will eventually lead to artificial general intelligence, a system that can solve human-level problems. Building safe and beneficial AGI is our mission.
https://openai.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity. In service of that mission, we sometimes provide grants (in the form of monetary compensation or API …
https://openai.smapply.org/
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“All three companies are yet to generate an annual profit”
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TipRanks explicitly states that OpenAI and Anthropic are 'also unprofitable'. Other sources discuss Anthropic 'nearing' or 'expecting' its first profitable quarter, implying it has not yet generated an annual profit.
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web search NEUTRAL — … Anthropic generated $4.8 billion in sales in the first quarter. Its quarterly revenue is now growing faster than Zoom did during the pandemic, and Google and Facebook in the run-up to their initial …
https://www.wheresyoured.at/anthropics-profitability-swindle…
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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI and rival Anthropic are in early-stage preparations for their IPOs and are also unprofitable, said the Reuters piece. “Investors often latch onto a story where the potential growth is vast, and…
https://www.tipranks.com/news/spacex-openai-and-anthropic-ip…
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic nears profitability with $10 billion in annual revenue. 11 hours ago. Save for later.Anthropic news: revenue growth surges, eyes first profit, beating OpenAI.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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“Anthropic is expected to post its first-ever profitable quarter in its upcoming earnings.”
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Multiple independent sources (TipRanks, PYMNTS, and a report via Google News) all state that Anthropic is expected to post its first profitable quarter in the upcoming (June) quarter.
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic To Report First Profitable Quarter With $10.9B In Revenue. 22 hours ago.Anthropic Is Reportedly About To Have Its First Profitable Quarter.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic is on track for its first operating profit in the second quarter of 2026, outpacing Google, Facebook and Zoom at similar stages.In the first quarter, Anthropic spent 71 cents on compute for …
https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2026/anthro…
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web search NEUTRAL — Claude chatbot maker Anthropic is expecting a massive 130% revenue surge to about $10.9 billion in the June quarter. The company also plans to post its operating profit for the first time, attributing…
https://www.tipranks.com/news/anthropic-eyes-first-ever-prof…
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“SpaceX recorded a net loss in the latest quarter of $4.28 billion after losing $4.94 billion in 2025.”
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The evidence provided for this specific claim consists of general Wikipedia and news snippets that do not contain the specific financial figures ($4.28 billion loss or $4.94 billion loss in 2025).
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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 — 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 to live on other…
https://www.spacex.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · SpaceX's advanced new "V3" Starship megarocket is set to fly for the first time ever next week. The debut will feature some in-space action never seen before on a Starship mission.
https://www.space.com/tag/spacex
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“Its Starlink arm generated $3.26 billion in revenue in the latest quarter, accounting for 69% of the total.”
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BusinessToday and Bloomberg both report that Starlink (Connectivity) generated approximately $3.26 billion (or $3,257 million) in the latest quarter, accounting for roughly 69% of the total revenue ($4.69 billion).
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web search NEUTRAL — Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by Starlink Services, LLC, an international telecommunications provider that is a wholly owned subsidiary of American aerospace company SpaceX, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink
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web search NEUTRAL — While Starlink generated an operating profit of $1.19 billion, it wasn't enough to prevent the company from booking a total operating loss of $1.94 billion in the first quarter on $4.69 billion in rev…
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/spacex-elon-musk-ai-5HjdZTm_2/
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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX generated $18.7 billion in revenue last year, according to the filing. That number alone wouldn’t even place it in the top 250 public companies in the US.
https://www.tradingview.com/chart/TSLA/hoOw44Mj-SpaceX-Files…
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“Its space business lost $619 million on an operating basis, while its AI unit lost $2.5 billion”
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There is a contradiction in the evidence. Bloomberg reports the Space segment generated $619 million in revenue. However, the claim states the space business 'lost $619 million on an operating basis'. Furthermore, while the AI unit is cited as a major driver of losses (BusinessToday/Bloomberg), the specific figure of a $2.5 billion loss is close to but not exactly matched by the $2.47 billion mentioned in the SpaceX/stock market flotation source.
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web search NEUTRAL — It has three business divisions: Space, Connectivity and AI. Of the $4.69 billion revenue reported in the latest quarter, 69 per cent came from Starlink, which contributed $3.26 billion and has more t…
https://www.businesstoday.in/markets/ipo-corner/story/spacex…
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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX’s operating loss is largely being driven by the AI segment; the legacy SpaceX segments (Space and Connectivity) are profitable on both an operating and EBITDA basis.
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/spacex-files-ipo-p…
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web search NEUTRAL — In the first quarter of 2026, SpaceX had revenue of $4,694 million, of which $3,257 million came from its Connectivity segment (Starlink internet), $619 million from Space (rocket launches) and $818 m…
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2026-05-21/spa…
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“SpaceX wrote in its S-1 filing on Thursday that it has "a history of net losses and may not achieve profitability in the future."”
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“Elon Musk controlling 85% of the voting rights.”
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“A $1.75 trillion valuation would put SpaceX on 67 times sales, three times as much as Nvidia's rating based on its past financial year and latest share price”
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“Sam Altman's firm also racing to list on public markets later in 2026.”
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“OpenAI is also yet to make a profit”
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