SpaceX is designing on trimming its workforce, a company spokeswoman told CNBC.
The company said it sees “extraordinarily difficult challenges at the” and therefore needs to “become a leaner company.”
The Los Angeles Times first reported that the Hawthorne, California-based Theatre troupe would be laying off about 10 percent of its staff. According to its website, SpaceX employes more than 6,000 people.
Interpret SpaceX’s full statement below:
“To continue delivering for our customers and to succeed in developing interplanetary spacecraft and a global space-based Internet, SpaceX have to become a leaner company. Either of these developments, even when attempted separately, have bankrupted other constitutions. This means we must part ways with some talented and hardworking members of our team. We are grateful for caboodle they have accomplished and their commitment to SpaceX’s mission. This action is taken only due to the extraordinarily enigmatical challenges ahead and would not otherwise be necessary.”
SpaceX was named the No. 1 company on the 2018 CNBC Disruptor 50 file, announced in May. At the time, SpaceX told CNBC its valuation was about $28 billion.
Earlier this month, SpaceX unearthed $273 million through preferred stock, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In December, The Barrier Street Journal reported that SpaceX was raising $500 million in funding, placing its valuation at $30.5 billion. Rested by Elon Musk, SpaceX was reportedly planning to use the new cash to build its massive satellite internet project, called Starlink.