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What is Tailscale stock worth?
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Estimated share price
Tailscale has an observed estimated price: most recent data 2026-09-15, daily history back to 2025-08-25.
Estimated from live trades and accepted bids across employer liquidity programs, institutional trades, broker trades, and pre-IPO marketplaces. Private shares are illiquid and transfer-restricted; estimates are educational, not an offer or advice. The preview above is blurred and illustrative. How this is calculated
About Tailscale
- Employees
- 343
- Founded
- 2019
- Industry
- Software Development, Technology, Information and Internet, Technology, Information and Media
- Website
- tailscale.com
Weighing a Tailscale offer?
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X-ray an offerLeaving Tailscale? Mind the window.
If you hold options, leaving usually starts a post-termination exercise clock, often 90 days. Miss it and vested options can expire worthless; exercise blindly and you may owe real money (including possible AMT) on shares you can't yet sell. Neither panic nor autopilot is a plan. Knowing your window, your exercise cost, and the current estimated price is.
Tailscale in the last 12 months
- 1 acquisition (as buyer)
Covered by 8 distinct publications since 2025-11-23.
Tailscale news timeline
- Canada Cyber Startup Tailscale Buys Border0 as AI Agents Spill Onto Servers2026-03-17Acquisition (as buyer)bloomberg.com
- I run Tailscale's magic network without handing Tailscale a single one of my devices2026-08-15xda-developers.com
- I used Tailscale's subnet routing to make my entire home lab feel like it's on my laptop2026-08-13xda-developers.com
- Tailscale made my Jellyfin streaming secure, but 4Mbps made it actually work2026-07-30xda-developers.com
- Stop trusting Tailscale's servers with your home network when you can run the whole thing yourself2026-07-28xda-developers.com
- I bypassed CGNAT for free using Oracle's forever-free cloud tier, and it fixed the one thing Tailscale couldn't2026-07-27xda-developers.com
- I already replaced Cloudflare Tunnel with Pangolin, then Tailscale Funnel almost undid the whole decision2026-07-22xda-developers.com
- I almost paid my ISP for a static IP, but a free Tailscale account did the job better2026-07-19xda-developers.com
- Tailscale's free plan replaced my $100-a-year VPN subscription2026-07-19xda-developers.com
- I migrated my entire home lab network stack to NetBird because it does the one thing Tailscale can't match2026-07-18xda-developers.com
- I stopped paying for ChatGPT after putting my local LLM on Tailscale2026-07-17xda-developers.com
- Switching from Tailscale to Pangolin was easy, but sharing a service with just a link is why I stayed2026-07-15xda-developers.com
Reported before Tailscale’s latest mark
A mark records a completed transaction, so it reflects what buyers and sellers knew several weeks before it printed. These stories were published in that window. They are shown in sequence, not as an explanation of the mark.
- I run Tailscale's magic network without handing Tailscale a single one of my devices2026-08-15xda-developers.com
- I used Tailscale's subnet routing to make my entire home lab feel like it's on my laptop2026-08-13xda-developers.com
Tailscale equity, answered plainly
Is Tailscale a public company?
No. Tailscale is privately held, which is exactly why its share price doesn't show up in your brokerage app. The company (founded in 2019, operating in software development, with roughly 343 employees) remains private even at that scale. Its shares still change hands between eligible buyers and sellers on the secondary market, producing an observable estimated price.
What is Tailscale's stock price?
Tailscale has an observed estimated share price from secondary-market activity, updated as new data is observed. Its observed price history runs back to 2025-08-25. ExitCue members see the current estimate and its full history free, along with what their own grants are approximately worth at that price.
Can you sell Tailscale stock before an IPO?
Sometimes. Private-share sales depend on Tailscale's transfer restrictions, rights of first refusal, and whether the company runs tender offers or permits secondary sales. Your grant documents and the company's policies govern, but "hard to sell today" is not the same as "worth zero."
What happens to my Tailscale options if I leave?
Most option grants have a post-termination exercise window, commonly 90 days, sometimes longer, after which unexercised options expire worthless. The exact terms are in your grant documents. ExitCue reads those documents, tracks the deadline, and reminds you before the window closes.
How much is my Tailscale equity worth?
Multiply what you hold by the estimated share price, separating vested from unvested, and netting out strike prices for options. That's precisely the arithmetic ExitCue does for you, continuously, at the current observed estimate. It's an educational estimate, not a guarantee, and a far better anchor than the $0 the internet suggests.
What's the difference between Tailscale's 409A valuation and what its shares trade at?
The 409A is a tax-compliance appraisal, usually conservative, used to set option strike prices. Secondary-market pricing reflects what buyers and sellers actually agree to. The two frequently differ, which is why evaluating an offer on the 409A alone undersells (or oversells) it.
When will Tailscale IPO?
Unless Tailscale has publicly announced a listing, nobody knows, including the people who sound confident on forums. The practical upside of secondary markets is that you don't have to wait for an IPO to know approximately what the shares trade at.
Do my unvested Tailscale RSUs count for anything?
Unvested equity isn't yours yet, but it has an estimable value and a schedule. Seeing vested and unvested value separately, in dollars at the current estimated price, turns "some RSUs" into a number you can plan around.
General educational information, not advice about your specific situation. Grant terms vary; your documents govern.
Work out what your Tailscale equity is worth
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- Option exercise costShares times strike: what exercising would cost, plus the estimated spread from your own value estimate.
- Vesting scheduleYour upcoming vest dates and cumulative vested shares from your start date, cliff, length, and frequency.
- Private stock scenarioEstimated value of your equity at low, mid, and high per-share scenarios you choose yourself.
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