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Shares of SpaceX climbed in their first day of trading on Friday following a $75 billion IPO that smashed records and instantly turned the crown jewel of Elon Musk’s empire into one of the most valuable public companies in the world. 

The stock climbed as high as $176.52, or 31% above its offering price, less than two hours after the shares started trading shortly before noon in New York. The jump in p...

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss SpaceX gearing up to finalize its IPO pricing today. This as its offering attracts more than $70 billion in orders from retail investors. Plus, Oracle is under pressure after the company reported higher quarterly capital expenses than expected, raising investor concerns about the profitability of the AI infrastructure business. And, a conversation with 776 Founder and Reddit co-...

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down Elon Musk's vision of the future and how he enchanted investors even as he brushed aside questions about the SpaceX IPO at an investor event. Plus, he takes a look at May's hot jobs report even as tech stocks are under pressure with investors reassessing the path for interest rates. And, he recaps conversations with three of the biggest names in AI at the Bloomberg Tech event in San Francisco...

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss SpaceX's plan to offer shares at $135 apiece to raise $75 billion in its IPO, rejecting yet another Wall Street convention by setting a fixed price ahead of the marketing phase of the deal. Plus, Palo Alto Networks falls after the company reported its results, failing to meet elevated buyside expectations, and candidates backed by tech billionaires and founders fall short in Cal...

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow break down why Alphabet wants to raise $80 billion in equity to fund AI infrastructure expansion, while Anthropic makes its IPO move and files confidentially to go public, pulling ahead of rival OpenAI in the IPO race. Plus, Elon Musk's SpaceX is negotiating to pay razor-thin fees to Wall Street firms handling its IPO, and HPE CEO Antonio Neri joins on the company's annual sales outlook...

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman joins Bloomberg Tech to discuss the agency's plans for a so-called "Moon Base" that will eventually allow for a permanent human presence on the lunar surface. He says they're looking at 2027 through 2029 for phase one and 2029 through the early 2030s for phase two. He adds that SpaceX is hands down their greatest commercial space company.

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Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss Micron and SK Hynix joining the $1 trillion market cap club and seeing continued momentum. Plus, Taiwanese prosecutors suspect three individuals of smuggling Nvidia chips to China through Japan, and XPRIZE founder and early SpaceX investor Peter Diamandis joins to discuss SpaceX's IPO as the company celebrates a major Starship milestone.

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Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down SpaceX pitching a $28.5 trillion opportunity, from AI to Mars, ahead of an all-time blockbuster IPO. Plus, Nvidia fails to reignite the AI trade as CEO Jensen Huang pushes to diversify the chipmaker, saying AI is set to go mainstream. And, another major IPO on the horizon with OpenAI preparing for a filing which could come as soon as Friday.

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Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down what to expect from Nvidia's earnings report, as investors anxiously await for the world’s most valuable company to show whether it can continue delivering the explosive growth fueling the AI boom. Plus, SpaceX inches closer to launch with an imminent IPO filing. And, a deep dive into SoftBank's bet on OpenAI as insiders grow worried that Masayoshi Son is too tied to the AI giant.

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