initial public offering

noun

: the first sale of a company's stock to the public

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OpenAI completes restructure as for-profit company OpenAI completed its conversion into a for-profit company on Tuesday, clearing a major obstacle for a potential initial public offering. Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025 Beyond Meat once sold for almost $240 a share at the height of the meat alternative craze in the summer of 2019, after Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Credit Suisse brought it public at $25 a share in a May 2019 initial public offering. Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025 The firm is preparing to file for an initial public offering (IPO) in mainland China, aiming for a valuation of around USD 7 billion (CNY 50 billion). Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025 Tompkins, 67, is accused of using his official position to bully executives at a Boston cannabis company regarding his pre-initial public offering investment of $50,000. Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for initial public offering

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“Initial public offering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/initial%20public%20offering. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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