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Opendoor surges as embattled CEO Carrie Wheeler heads for the door

Shares of Opendoor Technologies are surging as the online real estate company announced that its CEO and chair of the board, Carrie Wheeler, is stepping down from her positions.

Shrisha Radhakrishna, chief technology and product officer, will serve as president and interim leader of Opendoor. The company said it began a CEO succession planning process after Wheeler approached the board of directors in mid-2025 and that its search for a new leader is “well underway.”

Despite OPEN’s stock rising more than 500% since the end of June, Wheeler had faced a lot of heat from the likes of Opendoor co-founder Keith Rabois and EMJ Capital’s Eric Jackson over the past days and weeks due to her inability to deliver a material fundamental turnaround for the company.

When we interviewed Jackson in mid-July, shortly after his bullish thesis on Opendoor sparked waves of retail buying, he said “the only thing so far that’s worried me” was the lack of confidence that Rabois had in Wheeler.

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SpaceX gets a wave of bullish ratings from Wall Street analysts

SpaceX received more than a dozen positive analyst calls on Tuesday — including from major Wall Street banks — as they initiate coverage on Elon Musk’s space and AI company.

SpaceX went public on June 12 at a $2.2 trillion valuation, the largest debut in history. While the company hasn’t yet posted a profit, it seems to have convinced Wall Street that it will get there and grow its valuation on the way.

Of the at least 17 analysts that gave a rating on Tuesday, all but one gave it a “buy” or “outperform” rating. MoffettNathanson was "neutral."

The ratings come as SpaceX joined the Nasdaq 100 index, a benchmark tech-heavy basket of companies that underpins millions of portfolios. The inclusion adds built-in demand for the stock from index funds and ETFs.

Still, SpaceX fell more than 5% on Tuesday amid a broader sell-off, and is currently effectively flat from its opening price of $150 a share.

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