{"id":732987,"date":"2026-06-12T16:20:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T13:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/spacex-tesla-merger-talk-turns-serious-after-the-ipo\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T16:20:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T13:20:26","slug":"spacex-tesla-merger-talk-turns-serious-after-the-ipo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/spacex-tesla-merger-talk-turns-serious-after-the-ipo\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX-Tesla merger talk turns serious after the IPO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35ff530dbdc\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35ff530dbdc\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/spacex-tesla-merger-talk-turns-serious-after-the-ipo\/#Why_the_SpaceX-Tesla_merger_talk_turned_serious\" >Why the SpaceX-Tesla merger talk turned serious<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/spacex-tesla-merger-talk-turns-serious-after-the-ipo\/#The_ties_are_already_deep\" >The ties are already deep<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/spacex-tesla-merger-talk-turns-serious-after-the-ipo\/#The_catch_control_and_a_stretched_price\" >The catch: control and a stretched price<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.thenextweb.com\/2024\/01\/spacex-rocket-launch.avif\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n<p>A SpaceX-Tesla merger has moved from rumour toward roadmap. On the day SpaceX began trading, the people around Elon Musk stopped waving the idea away.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell did the floating. Asked about merger chatter by CNBC, she said a tie-up \u201cmight make Elon\u2019s life a little easier.\u201d She added that \u201cthere are synergies between Tesla and SpaceX in our futures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She hedged, too. \u201cRight now I\u2019m focused on keeping the lights on here,\u201d Shotwell said, pointing to rockets, the space station, and broadband. The message was not now, but not never.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_the_SpaceX-Tesla_merger_talk_turned_serious\"><\/span>Why the SpaceX-Tesla merger talk turned serious<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Two things changed this week. First, SpaceX went public at a $1.77tn valuation, making Musk the first trillionaire. Second, its filing said it may issue \u201csignificant equity\u201d to fund deals.<\/p>\n<p>Public stock is merger currency. SpaceX can now pay for acquisitions with shares the market prices daily. Shotwell said as much: \u201cM&amp;A is in the future, especially when you look at the AI world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The empire is already consolidating. SpaceX absorbed xAI in February at a $250bn valuation. Tesla is the biggest piece still outside the tent. Musk now runs two public companies at once.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_ties_are_already_deep\"><\/span>The ties are already deep<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Tesla and SpaceX are not strangers. Tesla holds a stake in SpaceX. Starlink hardware sits inside Tesla\u2019s coming Cybercab. The two are jointly building Terafab, a chip megaproject, with Intel as a supplier.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla also shares manufacturing tricks with SpaceX, and SpaceX spent $131m on Cybertrucks last year. The supply chains already overlap.<\/p>\n<p>A former Tesla director put it bluntly. Steve Westly told CNBC that folding Tesla into SpaceX is \u201cabsolutely likely.\u201d He flagged \u201ca lot of governance issues,\u201d then predicted it would h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en anyway. CNBC reported in May that Musk has discussed exactly that with colleagues.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_catch_control_and_a_stretched_price\"><\/span>The catch: control and a stretched price<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Governance is the hard part. Musk already holds more than 80 per cent of SpaceX\u2019s voting power, with final say even over his own removal. A merger would hand him that grip on a second trillion-dollar company.<\/p>\n<p>The valuation is the other catch. SpaceX lost nearly $5bn last year. A Danish pension fund blacklisted the IPO as overvalued, and Morningstar puts fair value near $780bn, under half the listing price.<\/p>\n<p>Westly framed the real test. SpaceX must hit at least two of its three \u201cmoonshots\u201d, rockets, Starlink, and AI, to hold its valuation. A Tesla merger would add two more bets, self-driving cars and humanoid robots, neither of which makes much money yet.<\/p>\n<p>For now, Shotwell is keeping the rockets flying. She did not rule the merger out. On a day built for grand ambition, that was the point.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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On the day SpaceX began trading, the people around Elon Musk stopped waving the idea away. SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell did the floating. 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