--- title: "SpaceX: AI company profile, people and coverage" description: ", doing business as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and provider of space transportation, telecommunications, and artificial intelligence services, headquartered at the Starbase development site in Starbase, Texas." canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-spacex type: Organization wikidata: Q193701 wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX website: https://spacex.com source: AI News Monitor publisher: Paciva license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0) --- # SpaceX > , doing business as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and provider of space transportation, telecommunications, and artificial intelligence services, headquartered at the Starbase development site in Starbase, Texas. Read on the web: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-spacex ## Facts - Category: Artificial intelligence - Country: United States - Founded: 2002-03-14 - Headquarters: Starbase - Status: public - Website: https://spacex.com - Employees: 22,000 (as of 2026-03-31) - Industries: space industry ## Accounts - x: https://x.com/SpaceX - linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spacex - youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtI0Hodo5o5dUb67FeUjDeA - instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spacex ## Key people - Elon Musk, founder (American businessman (born 1971)) - Elon Musk, chief executive (American businessman (born 1971)), since 2002-01-01 - Gwynne Shotwell, chief technology officer (American business executive (born 1963)), since 2008-01-01 - Gwynne Shotwell, board member (American business executive (born 1963)), since 2009-01-01 - Luke Nosek, board member (American businessman), since 2008-01-01 - Elon Musk, board member (American businessman (born 1971)) - Steve Jurvetson, board member (American entrepreneur and venture capitalist), since 2009-01-01 - Ira Ehrenpreis, board member (founder and managing partner of DBL Partners), since 2026-01-01 - Antonio Gracias, board member (Businessperson and board member, Chief Investment Officer of Valor and Aspen Institute Trustee), since 2010-01-01 - Bret Johnsen, board member (US manager), since 2011-01-01 - Gwynne Shotwell (American business executive (born 1963)) - Anna Menon (American aerospace engineer, astronaut on Polaris Dawn space mission) - Tom Mueller (American aerospace engineer and rocket engine designer) - Sarah Gillis (American aerospace engineer, astronaut on Polaris Dawn space mission) - Anil Menon (physician and NASA astronaut) - Marko Elez (American software engineer, DOGE) - Hans Koenigsmann (Vice President of SpaceX) - William H. Gerstenmaier (NASA official) ## Funding rounds From Form D notices filed with the SEC. An amount sold is what the filing reports at the time of filing, not a valuation. - 2022-08-05: Form D, USD 250 million sold of a USD 250 million offering, 5 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141222000003/)) - 2022-06-30: Form D/A, USD 1.7 billion sold of a USD 1.7 billion offering, 74 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141222000002/)) - 2022-06-13: Form D, USD 1.7 billion sold of a USD 1.7 billion offering, 74 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141222000001/)) - 2021-12-29: Form D, USD 337.4 million sold of a USD 337.4 million offering, 35 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141221000004/)) - 2021-11-15: Form D, USD 344.8 million sold of a USD 388.2 million offering, 44 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141221000003/)) - 2021-04-14: Form D/A, USD 1.2 billion sold of a USD 1.2 billion offering, 99 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141221000002/)) - 2021-02-23: Form D, USD 850 million sold of a USD 850 million offering, 69 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141221000001/)) - 2020-08-18: Form D, USD 1.9 billion sold of a USD 2.1 billion offering, 75 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141220000003/)) - 2020-05-26: Form D/A, USD 346.2 million sold of a USD 350 million offering, 16 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141220000002/)) - 2020-03-13: Form D, USD 221.2 million sold of a USD 250 million offering, 11 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141220000001/)) - 2019-07-09: Form D, USD 214 million sold of a USD 314 million offering, 1 investor ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141219000005/)) - 2019-05-24: Form D/A, USD 486.2 million sold of a USD 500 million offering, 8 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141219000004/)) - 2019-05-24: Form D/A, USD 535.7 million sold of a USD 540.7 million offering, 5 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141219000003/)) - 2019-04-17: Form D, USD 44 million sold of a USD 400 million offering, 5 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141219000002/)) - 2019-01-03: Form D, USD 273.2 million sold of a USD 500 million offering, 8 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141219000001/)) - 2018-04-18: Form D, USD 214 million sold of a USD 500 million offering, 15 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141218000001/)) - 2017-11-27: Form D/A, USD 450 million sold of a USD 450 million offering, 25 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141217000002/)) - 2017-08-08: Form D, USD 350 million sold of a USD 351 million offering, 21 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141217000001/)) - 2015-01-26: Form D, USD 1000 million sold of a USD 1 billion offering, 13 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141215000001/)) - 2010-11-09: Form D, USD 50.2 million sold of a USD 50.6 million offering, 16 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141210000001/)) - 2009-03-31: Form D, USD 15 million sold of a USD 60 million offering, 7 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141209000003/)) ## Investors - [Google](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-google.md) - Elon Musk - [Fidelity Investments](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-fidelity-investments.md) - [Founders Fund](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-founders-fund.md) - [Draper Fisher Jurvetson](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-draper-fisher-jurvetson.md) - [Baillie Gifford](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-baillie-gifford.md) - Scott Banister - [Rothenberg Ventures](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rothenberg-ventures.md) - Craft Ventures - [Threshold Ventures](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-threshold-ventures.md) ## Revenue - 2023-01-01: USD 10.4 billion (Wikidata) - 2024-01-01: USD 14 billion (Wikidata) - 2025-01-01: USD 18.7 billion (Wikidata) ## Ownership Subsidiaries: [X Corp.](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-x-corp.md), [SpaceXAI](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-spacexai.md) ## Products - SpaceX Draco - Merlin - Dragon - Kestrel - Falcon - Raptor - SuperDraco - autonomous spaceport drone ship - Starhopper - Octagrabber ## Coverage on the Monitor Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on SpaceX, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-spacex#connections ## Sources - Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193701, read 2026-11-11 - Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX - Filings: SEC EDGAR, https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001181412 Part of [AI Companies](https://monitor.paciva.ai/companies.md), the Monitor's directory of every AI company on file.