Jeff Bezos Hints at Blue Origin IPO After $10 Billion Funding Round — Amazon Founder Says It ‘Makes Sense’ for SpaceX Rival to Go 'Public' (UPDATED)

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Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos said that Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ:SPCX) rival Blue Origin could eventually go public after the space company secured $10 billion in a funding round that reportedly valued it at $140 billion.

Bezos Signals Blue Origin IPO

On Wednesday, speaking on Fox News Channel’s "Special Report with Bret Baier," Bezos said an initial public offering could happen "several years from now," suggesting a stock market debut is part of Blue Origin’s longer-term plans.

"I think, someday, Blue Origin will have an IPO; exactly when that will be, I don’t know," Bezos said, adding that "it probably makes sense for Blue Origin to be a public company at some point."

The Amazon founder said he has invested approximately $28 billion in the space company since launching it in 2000.

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$10 Billion Raise Values Blue Origin At $140 Billion

The company’s latest funding round marks its first major capital raise from outside investors. Bezos said he didn’t want outside investors until now, but he now sees the "financial future of Blue with some clarity now."

Blue Origin has secured multibillion-dollar contracts from NASA and the U.S. Space Force, including work tied to NASA’s Artemis lunar program. It still competes with Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX) in the commercial launch market.

New Glenn Targets December Return

Blue Origin is also preparing to resume New Glenn launches after a May explosion during a static-fire test delayed its launch plans.

Bezos said the company expects to fly the rocket again in December. "December of this year, we’re going to fly that vehicle again," Bezos said.

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