initial public offering

noun

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

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Murphy suggests historic interest in the SpaceX initial public offering, which his largely expected in June, is firing up even more interest in the space. Jill Schneider,stephanie Landsman, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026 This is a particularly thorny issue because Tesla’s appeal as the only stock that allows people to directly bet on Musk is set to erode soon, with the billionaire’s space and rocket company SpaceX targeting an initial public offering later this year. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026 Anthropic’s disclosure of Mythos certainly benefits its own publicity efforts ahead of an initial public offering, adding to the mystique around the potency of its technology. Parmy Olson, Twin Cities, 18 Apr. 2026 Netflix’s other co-founder, tech entrepreneur Marc Randolph, left Netflix in 2002 after helping guide the company through its initial public offering in 2000. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for initial public offering

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