Ed Ludlow
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The valuation, around $1.5 trillion.
On open source models, we have the Bloomberg Deep Dive and reports that DeepSeek smuggled thousands of banned Blackwell chips into China.
Let's get to our top story.
It's in the private markets and soon to be public markets.
Bloomberg reporting that SpaceX is very much underway targeting an IPO in mid-2026.
They want to raise far north of $30 billion.
In terms of dollar raised, that would be the biggest IPO in history.
The valuation we're hearing, $1.5 trillion.
There's a lot in play here.
But my understanding, this is very real.
It had an impact in public markets.
Some of the names out there in the space sector, particularly Echo Star that is in talks on licensing spectrum deals with SpaceX, really moving over the course of two sessions in reaction to this.
I use that as an illustrative example.
This is the IPO that all corners of the technology market and the private market have been waiting for.
Let's bring in Bloomberg Space Editor Eric Johnson.