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going public

NOUN
initial public offering
Synonyms
WEAK


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Elon Musk’s SpaceX — which operates the chatbot Grok — is going public on Friday at a valuation of $1.8 trillion.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

OpenAI just took a step closer to going public, potentially setting up 2026 to be a record-breaking year for IPOs — though the company isn’t guaranteeing it’ll conduct an offering anytime soon.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

A. There is debate about what the incentives of going public will do to the trajectory of the technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Interest in going public hasn’t waned, said Rachel Gerring, Americas IPO leader at consulting services provider EY, noting the unusually high level of IPO activity in January and February of this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

“Netscape going public stimulated a lot of things,” said Barksdale.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman




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