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The merger chatter is back in the news headlines.
Peter Diamandis — an early SpaceX investor who first put money in back in the late 2000s — told Bloomberg Television on Wednesday that a SpaceX-Tesla merger is inevitable.
“I put it not as a matter of if but only a matter of when those companies come together,” according to Peter.
That's a notable statement from someone who's been close to Musk for two decades.
CNBC reported the same day that Musk has discussed the possibility of folding the companies together with colleagues. A current Tesla employee said the topic is openly discussed inside the company.
The financial overlap is already substantial.
· SpaceX bought $697 million worth of Tesla Megapack batteries in 2024 and 2025 to power xAI's Memphis data centers.
· Tesla invested $2 billion in xAI in January.
· SpaceX and Tesla are partners in the $55 billion Terrafab chip project.
The two companies share board members, engineers, and a vice president of materials engineering who works at both.
Here's why a combination makes strategic sense.
A merged entity would bring rockets, satellites, electric vehicles, robotics, AI, and data centers — both on the ground and in orbit — under one roof. Tesla's manufacturing scale and energy storage business. SpaceX's launch capability and Starlink network. xAI's models. Optimus robots. Cybercabs. Orbital data centers.
It would be the most vertically integrated technology company ever assembled.
Then there's the control piece.
Musk holds 85% voting control at SpaceX. At Tesla, he holds far less — and has faced years of shareholder challenges over governance and pay. A merger structured with SpaceX as the parent would extend his super-voting control across both companies.
That's the real motivation, according to Diamandis.
The math is staggering. SpaceX is targeting a $1.75 trillion IPO valuation. Tesla closed Tuesday at $439 with a market cap of roughly $1.65 trillion.
A combined entity would be worth more than $3.4 trillion — larger than every company except Nvidia, Alphabet and Apple.
That would be the largest corporate combination in history by a wide margin.
Any announcement would come after the SpaceX IPO. A regulatory review of a $3.4 trillion combination could take well over a year. Tesla shareholders would need to approve it. None of that happens before SpaceX completes its Nasdaq debut in June.
But the pieces are clearly being put in place.
The SpaceX IPO roadshow kicks off next week. The Nasdaq debut is on track for June 12. And the merger conversation — which felt speculative two months ago — is now coming from people who've been in the room with Elon Musk.
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Ian Wyatt
Editor, IPO Watch