The Engadget Podcast

Making sense of SpaceX’s messy IPO (and its messier CEO)

The Engadget Podcast

Show Notes

With SpaceX planning to go public on June 12th, we brought on Slate’s Nitish Pahwa to dive into what it all means. How can an unprofitable company justify an IPO, and what does it plan to do with all that money? And how can we square the tech and finance world’s excitement over this IPO when Elon Musk spent this week inciting the Belfast race riots?

SpaceX may have the largest IPO ever, how will it change the tech investment landscape? – 1:13 A few stray thoughts on WWDC 2026 – 38:33 Meta silently adds, then deletes facial recognition code from its smart glasses – 44:08 Anthropic’s Fable AI brings Mythos’ coding power to consumers – 45:47 Around Engadget: Rivian R2 first drive and a review of the Logitech Mobi Fold – 51:50 Pop culture picks – 52:20

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