Businessman and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has once again captured the world’s attention with one of his most audacious statements yet.
In an address to skepticism surrounding a major compute partnership between Anthropic and SpaceX/xAI, Musk declared that his rocket company will eventually be worth more than the rest of Earth if it accomplishes its long-term objectives.
In a post on X, he wrote,
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“You don’t seem to understand that SpaceX will be worth more than the rest of Earth if we accomplish our goals.”
Musk’s comment came in response to analyst Thomas D. who questioned whether Anthropic’s reported $7.5–40 billion deal with SpaceX-related entities represented an “unforced error.”
The deal reportedly grants Anthropic access to significant AI compute capacity at SpaceX’s facilities, including the Colossus 1 data center.
The remark, made in response to a skeptic, emphasizes SpaceX’s long-term potential in space infrastructure, Mars colonization, and related technologies, framing it as vastly more significant than short-term AI deals or competition.
This highlights Musk’s broader vision where space ambitions could dwarf terrestrial economies, amid discussions on xAI’s rapid progress with models like Grok 4.5.
Musk’s latest prediction builds on these achievements while pointing toward far greater ambitions, establishing a self-sustaining colony on Mars and making life multiplanetary.
The vision is not merely about sending astronauts on occasional trips. Musk has repeatedly emphasized that SpaceX aims to enable ordinary people to travel to the Moon, Mars, and beyond, creating an entirely new branch of the economy rooted in space resources, orbital manufacturing, and interplanetary trade.
Critics have been quick to question the feasibility and the sheer scale of such a valuation claim.
SpaceX’s Soaring Valuation and Recent IPO
SpaceX, which recently completed its high-profile initial public offering and carries a market valuation around $1.75 trillion, is already among the most valuable companies on the planet.
Its rapid rise has been fueled by reusable rocket technology, the Starlink satellite internet constellation that now serves millions of users worldwide, and the development of the massive Starship vehicle designed for deep-space missions.
Musk’s statement arrives amid extraordinary momentum for SpaceX. The company went public in June 2026 in what became the largest IPO in history, raising approximately $75–85.7 billion.
Shares surged post-listing, pushing the market capitalization above $2 trillion and briefly surpassing major tech giants like Amazon.
Musk has long framed SpaceX’s mission as making humanity multi-planetary, with Starship as the key vehicle for Mars colonization, lunar bases, and large-scale space infrastructure.
Achieving routine, low-cost access to orbit and beyond could unlock new industries, orbital manufacturing, asteroid mining, space-based solar power, and a vastly expanded satellite economy.
Analysts and enthusiasts speculate that dominating launch capacity, global broadband via Starlink, and space-based AI/compute could transform SpaceX into the backbone of an off-world economy.
Some optimistic forecasts suggest potential valuations in the trillions more if these goals materialize, effectively dwarfing Earth’s current economic output in relative terms as new frontiers open.
Yet Musk’s track record with Tesla and SpaceX has shown that seemingly impossible timelines can accelerate dramatically when innovation compounds.
Whether Musk’s forecast proves overly optimistic, it highlights a fundamental shift in how we view our future. For him, space is not just a frontier for exploration, it represents the next chapter of human prosperity and survival.
As SpaceX pushes the boundaries of what’s technically and economically possible, the conversation about humanity’s place in the cosmos grows louder.