NEW YORK, July 16 : Short sellers targeting SpaceX shares are sitting on an estimated $8.7 billion in paper profit since the rockets-to-AI firm's initial public offering, as its stock slipped below the IPO price, according to data and analytics firm Ortex Technologies.Short sellers aim to sell borrowed shares

SpaceX went public a month ago in a record IPO. Elon Musk's space and AI company was added to the Nasdaq-100 last week.

The stock has fallen over 10% since its listing on the Nasdaq on June 8.