There’s a new space company coming soon to Wall Street.

What’s happening:

  • Space company Voyager Technologies has officially confidentially filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission for an IPO onto a major stock exchange in America

Why it matters:

  • Voyager Technologies is one of the most important private space companies, previously winning multiple large scale government contracts focused on both breakthrough space technology and national security

Going deeper:

  • Voyager Technologies has notably been developing a commercial space station known as Starlab in partnership with Airbus, Mitsubishi and NASA which is primarily aiming to serve as a microgravity research laboratory for biotechnology and materials science
  • Defense tech giant Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) has been a major investor into Voyager Technologies since the formation of the company and also has an ongoing partnership focused on integrating artificial intelligence models into defense and national security systems