SpaceX Pushes US Share Sales to Record $251 Billion at Midyear
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Record US share sales driven by names like SpaceX and Alphabet mean public and late-stage capital is open again for large tech stories with clear infrastructure narratives. If you’re raising for real assets — data centers, chips, space, energy — this is a window to lock in capital before rates or risk appetite shift.
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