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Will SpaceX and Tesla Officially Announce a Merger or Acquisition before May 2027?
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Wolfe Research"Completion of such a merger is unlikely before mid-2027 at the earliest."Aug 20, 2026
Morningstar"We wouldn’t be surprised to see a [merger] deal occur within a year of the SpaceX IPO.”Jun 23, 2026
Ben J. Kallo"The deal would materialize within 12 to 18 months with a probability exceeding 80%."Aug 20, 2026
Yahoo Finance"As of July 25, there was 74% probability that SpaceX and Musk's other trillion-dollar company, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), would merge before May 1, 2027."Jul 30, 2026
Michael Hewson"At some point in the future, in the event of a successful IPO, Tesla will get absorbed into SpaceX."Aug 20, 2026
Steve Eisman"If I was a SpaceX shareholder, the last thing I'd want would be for him to buy Tesla."Jun 12, 2026
BNP Paribas“We believe a potential SpaceX-Tesla merger is complicated by significant cash burn at both companies and meaningful regulatory risks. SpaceX consensus points to cash burn of $216 billion in ’26E-31E, combined with TSLA’s multi-year burn cycle beginning this quarter and with multiple downside scenarios.”Aug 20, 2026
Walter Isaacson“I think there will be a Tesla-SpaceX merger buyout, because it makes sense.”Aug 20, 2026
Tom Narayan"The most likely structure is a SpaceX takeover of Tesla, driven by operational synergies across proprietary chip manufacturing, data-center energy demand, and joint artificial intelligence training."Aug 20, 2026
Gene Munster"Going into the call, I thought there was an 80% chance the two companies come together in the next few years. I’m raising that to 90%."Aug 20, 2026
Gwynne Shotwell“There’s no question that there’s synergies between Tesla and SpaceX in our futures, definitely. There’s a convergence of a kind of what we’re all trying to accomplish in the future.”Jun 12, 2026
Electrek"Elon Musk hinted at a merger between Tesla and SpaceX on Tesla’s Q2 2026 earnings call, pointing to “more and more overlap” between the two companies he controls."Jul 23, 2026
Ross Gerber"SpaceX would likely end up taking control of Tesla rather than the two combining as equals."May 27, 2026
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