BREAKINGVIEWS-SpaceX straps bankers to the first autonomous IPO

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By Stephen Gandel

- Wall Street seems a mere passenger on the rocket-maker’s flight to a $75 bln debut. Fixing the offer early at $135 a share skips price discovery. Index buying and Elon Musk’s aura serve as propulsion. The risk is that others copy the launch sequence but lack the hype to lift off.

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SpaceX, in an updated prospectus filed on June 3, set its listing price at $135 per share.

Unusually, this preceded an investor road show, which launched the following day. The rocket, satellite ​and AI company is targeting a $1.75 trillion valuation.