Peter Diamandis, an early investor in SpaceX and founder of the XPRIZE Foundation, said the company could become the first in the world valued at $10 trillion [1].

This projection suggests that the current financial markets are failing to account for the exponential growth potential of private space exploration. If SpaceX reaches such a valuation, it would dwarf the current market caps of the largest technology firms on Earth.

Speaking during an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street,” Diamandis said the market does not yet understand how to value the primary drivers of the company's growth [2]. He identified Starlink, artificial intelligence, reusable rockets, and vertical integration as the key factors that lead to an underestimated long-term worth [2].

While Diamandis highlighted a $10 trillion [1] threshold, other investors have projected even higher figures. Investor Ron Baron said that SpaceX could eventually be worth up to $30 trillion [3]. These varying estimates reflect a broader debate among financial analysts regarding the scalability of space-based infrastructure, specifically how the company's ability to lower the cost of access to space creates new industries.

Diamandis said that the synergy between these technologies allows SpaceX to operate with a level of efficiency that traditional aerospace companies cannot match. By controlling the entire production chain from rocket manufacturing to satellite deployment, the company reduces reliance on external vendors and accelerates its iteration cycles [2].

Because SpaceX remains a private company, its valuation is based on funding rounds and investor sentiment rather than a public stock price. This lack of public trading often leads to a gap between current private valuations and the theoretical future worth predicted by long-term bulls like Diamandis and Baron [1], [3].

“SpaceX could become the world’s first $10 trillion-valued company”

The disparity between current valuations and these trillion-dollar projections highlights a fundamental disagreement on the 'space economy.' If Diamandis is correct, SpaceX is not merely a launch provider but a foundational infrastructure company. Its valuation would depend on whether Starlink and Mars-bound ambitions transition from high-cost experiments into sustainable, high-margin global utilities.