3 weeks ago
Stockmarket Faces Historic SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI IPOs
Some very famous companies want to sell shares to many people.
Shares are little pieces of a company that people can buy.
When a company does this for the first time, it is called an IPO.
SpaceX builds rockets and spaceships, and it is owned by a man named Elon Musk.
SpaceX hopes to raise $75 billion by selling shares.
The shares will start trading on a big stock market called the Nasdaq.
Anthropic is a company that builds smart computer programs called artificial intelligence, and it has started the paperwork to sell shares.
OpenAI, another company that builds smart computer programs, is expected to do the same soon.
These companies hope to raise a lot of money.
If all three sell shares, it could add as much as $4 trillion to the value of American companies.
SpaceX reportedly hopes to raise $75bn from investors by issuing shares on June 11th.
SpaceX's shares are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq exchange on June 12th.
Anthropic filed draft paperwork for its initial public offering on June 1st.
OpenAI, a competitor to Anthropic, is expected to file its IPO paperwork soon.
Anthropic and OpenAI are rumored to seek as much as $60bn each, and the three IPOs could add up to $4trn to the market value of listed American companies.
- Who
- SpaceX, Elon Musk's rocketry firm, plus artificial-intelligence labs Anthropic and OpenAI
- What
- Three potentially record-breaking stock market debuts, with SpaceX issuing shares that will begin trading on the Nasdaq
- Where
- The Nasdaq exchange, within the American stock market
- When
- SpaceX's share sale is slated for June 11th with trading beginning June 12th; Anthropic filed IPO paperwork on June 1st; OpenAI is expected to file soon
- Why
- To raise capital: SpaceX hopes to raise $75bn, while Anthropic and OpenAI are rumored to seek as much as $60bn each
Key facts
- SpaceX raise target
- $75bn
- SpaceX trading date
- June 12th, shares begin trading on Nasdaq
- Anthropic IPO filing
- Draft paperwork filed June 1st
- OpenAI IPO status
- Expected to file soon
- Anthropic and OpenAI target
- Up to $60bn each (rumored)
- Combined market impact
- Up to $4trn added to listed American companies









