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initial public offering

NOUN
first sale of a stock
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The Elon Musk-run company has seen huge participation from retail investors following its initial public offering last week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

On Friday, SpaceX clinched the biggest initial public offering in the history of the U.S. equity market, raising more than $85 billion.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

In the second trading day as a public company, SpaceX’s initial public offering still was being treated as an extraordinary event in Wall Street history:

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

Anthropic would benefit from resolving this issue quickly ahead of its highly anticipated initial public offering.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

His inflammatory posts came amid his rockets-and-A.I. company’s debut on the stock markets Friday as the largest initial public offering in history, which made him, at least on paper, the world’s first trillionaire.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2026




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