Virgin Galactic shares dropped more than 30% following the SpaceX IPO, as traders rotated out of hype-driven space names into the newly public leader.
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SpaceX stock continued its post-IPO climb Tuesday, with the stock rising above $200 per share for the first time.
Shares in SpaceX have rocketed since its hotly-anticipated IPO on Friday and news of the acquisition helped fuel a fresh uplift.
CNBC’s Leslie Picker walked viewers through the mechanics of last week’s blockbuster listing on June 15. She framed SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) as more than the biggest IPO ever priced. “Friday’s debut went off really smoothly. There were no technology glitches in the 19% day one gain meant that those who received allocation generated a pretty ... SpaceX’s 20% IPO Pop Signals Strong Demand Ahead of Megacap Listings
SpaceX will offer stock to Cursor investors as the AI coding deal targets a third-quarter 2026 close.
At $7.35, SoundHound AI (NASDAQ:SOUN) screens as a wait-and-watch setup, with research framing suggesting a more attractive entry near $6.50 on macro-driven weakness. The voice AI specialist absorbed a brutal June sell-off despite announcing a $100 million acquisition of LivePerson. SoundHound builds an independent voice and agentic AI platform spanning automotive, restaurants, financial services, and ... Buy, Hold, or Sell: SoundHound AI Slid 20% in June Despite a Massive $100 Million Acquisiti
The market has spent years viewing SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) primarily as a rocket company, but that narrative no longer fits. The company’s historic IPO, which raised $85.7 billion after underwriters exercised the so-called “greenshoe” overallotment — with the stock currently valued at more than $2.7 trillion — revealed a business pursuing ambitions that stretch far beyond ... SpaceX Launches Start of Acquisition Spree with Cursor After Historic IPO
Acquisitions have been a key part of SoundHound's growth strategy in recent years.
Career antitrust lawyers were leaning toward recommending a lawsuit when senior DOJ officials closed the investigation and cleared the $110 billion deal
The company's valuation prices in lofty growth expectations.
At some point, the speculation behind SpaceX's record-breaking IPO will run out of steam.

<body><p>STORY: From a record-breaking IPO to a far-reaching online ban, this is Tech Weekly. </p><p>:: Tech Weekly</p><p>SpaceX on Thursday priced the biggest-ever U.S. initial public offering, raising a record $75 billion. </p><p>It’s made Elon Musk’s rocket and spacecraft manufacturer one of the world’s most valuable companies.</p><p>Selling 555.56 million shares at $135 apiece, the company was valued at $1.77 trillion. </p><p>Thursday’s pricing supports Musk's most ambitious project yet - even as some analysts question whether its lofty valuation is justified.</p><p>The company said Monday its underwriters had exercised the so-called "greenshoe" option to purchase additional shares.</p><p>Microsoft has been sued by shareholders who say they've been defrauded. </p><p>They’ve said the tech giant inflated its stock price by failing to disclose slowing growth in its Azure cloud business.</p><p>And failing to disclose the need to spend billions of dollars on AI infrastructure. </p><p>The proposed class action, filed Friday, was prompted by Microsoft shares falling 10% on January 29 after an earnings report.</p><p>About $357 billion of market value was erased, and Microsoft's stock suffered its biggest one-day decline in nearly six years.</p><p>Microsoft said on Monday it believes the claims are "without merit”. </p><p>British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday he would ban social media sites for under-16s..</p><p>And impose restrictions on gaming and livestreaming platforms for the age group. </p><p>This amounts to some of the world's most far-reaching online restrictions, with the ban coming into place by next spring.</p><p>He said this would help protect children online while pushing back against the power of big technology companies.</p><p>"At the moment, strangers can contact any child unchecked. Just think about that. Is there a situation in the offline world where you would just let your child pair up with a stranger, an adult that you don't know anything about?”</p><p>Ford and other automakers are scrambling to obtain U.S. government authorization to continue selling certain models - despite being on the market for years. </p><p>It’s due to a U.S. ban on Chinese-developed and -maintained software in connected vehicles. </p><p>Ford told Reuters it’s asked the U.S. Commerce Department for authorization to continue importing its China-built Lincoln Nautilus SUV.</p><p>And said despite its tech being built in the U.S., its installation in China now requires government approval. </p><p>Lawmakers have proposed making the rules even tougher.</p></body>
Quantinuum's arrival on the stock market is separating quantum computing's contenders from its pretenders.
GateMaker was founded in 2021 by Ashton Wall and Amelia Soohoo and has worked with brands such as Amika, Estee Lauder Companies, Glossier, LG, L'Occitane en Provence, Milk Makeup, NARS, NEST, Pacifica, Rag & Bone, Reebok, Starbucks, and more.
Several high-profile IPOs are boosting investment banking stocks.
The acquisition aims to address escalating data centre memory bottlenecks driven by AI and cloud workloads.
SpaceX signs $60B all-stock deal to acquire Cursor (Anysphere). Will this AI coding powerhouse merger boosts SPCX & aerospace AI innovation?
SpaceX (SPCX) allocated at least a single share of its $86.2 billion initial public offering to ever
SpaceX topped $2 trillion on its first trading day, but history says the stock will drop sharply in the next year.
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What such a deal would actually hand the automaker's shareholders is less clear-cut than the headline odds suggest.
Gerber also said Tesla does not own the "brains" behind its self-driving and robotics ambitions.
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SpaceX just completed the largest IPO ever.