SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic are each advancing toward initial public offerings, jolting back to life a Wall Street market for large listings that had been dormant for years. The three companies' combined pipeline is estimated at about $3.6 trillion.
June 2026 · Wall Street Mega Listings
SpaceX's record $75B IPO reopens the floodgates — Anthropic and OpenAI are next
SpaceX priced at $135 and closed 19% higher, the largest IPO in history. With Claude-maker Anthropic and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI both filing confidentially, Wall Street's long-dormant market for mega listings is restarting.
$75B
raised by SpaceX — the largest IPO on record
+19%
first-day close above the $135 IPO price
~$1.77T
SpaceX valuation, near $2.3T intraday
Largest IPO in history — by raise
SpaceX's $75B dwarfs the prior record set by Saudi Aramco in 2019.
The three companies heading to public markets
SpaceX
~$1.77T valuation · $75B raised
Rockets & Starlink · 2025 revenue $18.7B, operating loss $4.2B · ~30% (~$22.5B) earmarked for retail investors
Anthropic
$965B valuation · $6.5B raise
Claude / Claude Code · ARR ~$47B · first operating profit expected Q2 2026 · autumn 2026 listing eyed
OpenAI
$852B private · IPO up to $1T
ChatGPT · ARR ~$25B · confidential SEC filing · listing possible from September 2026
Anthropic's revenue run-rate surge
ARR jumped from ~$14B to ~$47B in a matter of months — roughly 3.4×.
Bullish view
Developers praise Claude Code for sharply boosting coding productivity
SpaceX's first-day gains seen as restored confidence in AI and space
Public markets can finally absorb AI's enormous capital needs
Bearish view
Lofty valuations spark bubble warnings
Risk of first-year share declines seen in past mega listings
SpaceX's rocket–satellite–AI mix viewed as too complex; a red flag for the market's future
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