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https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/spacex-fundraising-talks-150-bln-valuation-bloomberg-news-2022-11-15/ https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/spacex-fu... They already have shareholders? And as you point out, if the founder really wanted to, he could have self-funded most of SpaceX (instead of buying X for example). He's a public company CEO already - he has no qualms about taking SpaceX public.