is a reporter who writes about tech, money, and human behavior. She joined The Verge in 2014 as science editor. Previously, she was a reporter at Bloomberg. To be honest, I thought Elon Musk would confidentially file for SpaceX’s IPO on the 20th of this month, rather than the 1st. But maybe that just means he’s moved on to other numbers, and we should all mark our calendars for June 7th as an...

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Rocket maker SpaceX has filed to make an initial public offering, according to a person familiar with the matter, becoming the second company run by Elon Musk to eye a stock market listing after the first one, Tesla, vaulted the billionaire to become the world’s richest person more than a decade after its 2010 debut. SpaceX’s debut marks the most anticipated IPO in years, one that could set a...

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In the utopia proposed by Elon Musk, billions of robots perform all necessary work. A network of autonomous vehicles and humanoids, fueled by solar energy, provide boundless resources. Poverty is eliminated. Work is optional. And the world’s richest person would become the first trillionaire in the process. While Musk has a well-documented penchant for overpromising, he has recast his...

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