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Elon Musk has reportedly held discussions about potentially merging Tesla with SpaceX, as betting markets and Wall Street expect a future tie-up between his trillion-dollar businesses following the aerospace giant\u2019s anticipated stock debut.<\/p>\n
Wall Street has speculated whether the world\u2019s richest person will consider a tie-up for his two most valuable companies.<\/p>\n
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Musk has discussed the possibility of combining SpaceX and Tesla, CNBC reported<\/a> on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the talks and a Tesla employee who claimed a transaction has been openly discussed internally.<\/p>\n WedBush Securities analyst Dan Ives, in an X post<\/a> following SpaceX\u2019s IPO filing last week, said his firm has placed odds of 80% or higher for Tesla and SpaceX merging in 2027, additionally writing in a note the \u201cgroundwork [was] already in place for both operations to become one organization.\u201d<\/p>\n Musk\u2019s goal of controlling more of the AI market could make a SpaceX-Tesla merger his \u201choly grail,\u201d Ives said, adding<\/a> a deal could finalize in the first half of next year.<\/p>\n Ross Gerber, chief executive of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management, argued<\/a> SpaceX would likely end up taking control of Tesla rather than the two combining as equals, mirroring xAI\u2019s $33 billion deal<\/a> to acquire X last year, further folding Musk\u2019s companies into \u201cone ball of Elon.\u201d<\/p>\n Neither Tesla nor SpaceX immediately responded to Forbes\u2019 requests for comment.<\/p>\n Betting Markets Favor Spacex-Tesla Merger<\/p>\n Kalshi has placed 52% odds on a Tesla and SpaceX merger before May 1, 2027, as of Wednesday, with lower odds projected for before April 1, 2027 (45%), and before March 1, 2027 (37%). Betting odds briefly spiked to as high as 76.7% ahead of SpaceX\u2019s IPO filing earlier this month, and rival Polymarket<\/a> has placed 32% odds of a merger before the end of 2026. <\/p>\n What To Watch For<\/p>\n When SpaceX debuts on the Nasdaq. SpaceX\u2019s filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission to take the company public was disclosed last week, which could allow for a stock listing under the ticker SPCX as early as June 12<\/a>. SpaceX is reportedly<\/a> targeting a valuation between $1.75 trillion and $2 trillion, potentially surpassing the all-time IPO valuation record of $1.7 trillion set by Saudi Aramco in 2019.<\/p>\n Forbes Valuation<\/p>\n Musk is the world\u2019s richest person by far, with a net worth of $837.9 billion as of Wednesday, according<\/a> to Forbes\u2019 Real-Time Billionaires list. He\u2019s expected to become the world\u2019s first trillionaire following SpaceX\u2019s IPO, as Forbes estimates Musk\u2019s SpaceX stake at nearly 40%, valuing his equity at about $600 billion and potentially swelling his fortune above $1.4 trillion. Musk is also set to become the first chief executive of two companies with a market capitalization of $1 trillion, as Tesla is worth just over $1.6 trillion as of Wednesday.<\/p>\n Key Background<\/p>\n Analysts have speculated whether Musk would combine Tesla with SpaceX, even before the rocket firm acquired<\/a> his xAI in February. SpaceX has discussed a possible tie-up with Tesla and some investors have pushed the idea, Bloomberg<\/a> reported, citing people familiar with the matter, who noted the companies could decide to remain separate. Musk\u2019s companies have shared personnel and pooled resources for years: Tesla said in January it invested $2 billion in xAI, and SpaceX revealed in its IPO filing that it bought $697 million worth of Tesla\u2019s battery energy storage systems in 2024 and 2025 to power data centers used by xAI. SpaceX also disclosed a $131 million purchase of Tesla\u2019s Cybertrucks in 2025. <\/p>\n Further ReadingForbesMusk\u2019s Mars Colony Plans And SpaceX Control Could Derail Starlink Profits, Analyst SaysBy Ty Roush<\/a>ForbesSpaceX Could Face \u2018Musk Effect\u2019 With Major Risks After IPO, Analyst WarnsBy Ty Roush<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Topline Elon Musk has reportedly held discussions about potentially merging Tesla with SpaceX, as betting markets and Wall…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[140,8494,7611,31363,658,29648,2616,2899],"class_list":["post-53177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-xai","tag-elon-musk","tag-elon-musk-net-worth","tag-forbes","tag-musk-merge-spacex","tag-spacex","tag-spacex-tesla-merger","tag-tesla","tag-xai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}