Elon Musk Says He Wants to Get SpaceX IPO Underway ‘Pretty Soon’

Elon Musk said he’s back in Texas working on plans for an initial public offering of SpaceX as the rocket and artificial intelligence company gears up for the largest listing of all time.

“We’ve got to get the SpaceX IPO stuff going here pretty soon,” the billionaire said, giving a reason for appearing virtually, instead of in person, at the Samson International Smart Mobility Summit in Tel Aviv on Monday.

Musk’s SpaceX, which has grown into one of the most influential companies in the space industry with billions of dollars in government contracts and considerable political ...