Musk says he will give every American child a share of SpaceX stock

On October 19, 2026, NYTimes technology coverage reported that Elon Musk said he would give one share of SpaceX stock to every American child. The report did not specify where or when Musk made the statement, how the shares would be distributed, which age range would qualify, or what timeline was involved, nor did it give the total number or value of the shares concerned. The same report noted that Anthropic, an AI rival to SpaceX, had earlier said it would form a “public benefit fund,” and that other technology figures had contributed to savings accounts for children. The report did not say whether those efforts were connected to Musk's statement, and it gave no details on the amounts contributed or the number of children covered. The verifiable information currently stops at Musk's statement itself; the materials contain no further word on whether the plan has been carried out or how it would work.