OpenAI files for US IPO after Anthropic as AI giants head to public markets
OpenAI confidentially filed for a U.S. IPO targeting up to a $1 trillion valuation amid growing competition from Anthropic and SpaceX in the AI sector.
SpaceX lands Google AI compute deal after Anthropic pact ahead of IPO
SpaceX has signed a multi-year $920 million cloud services deal with Google to provide AI compute capacity as it prepares for its IPO.
OpenAI’s Altman says AI unlikely to lead to ‘jobs apocalypse’
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says rapid AI adoption has not caused a jobs apocalypse and highlights the irreplaceable human part of employment.
OpenAI aiming for speedy IPO, source says, as market awaits SpaceX filing
OpenAI is preparing to confidentially file for a U.S. IPO soon, aiming for a September debut as competition and SpaceX's filing loom.
HawkEye 360 files for IPO
HawkEye 360, a fast-growing Herndon-based geospatial analytics company, filed for an initial public offering Friday with the SEC.
SpaceX aims to file for IPO as soon as this week
SpaceX aims to file its IPO prospectus this week, targeting a $75 billion raise in one of the largest offerings, driven by growth in space infrastructure.
Smithfield Foods raises $522M in first day on Nasdaq
Smithfield Foods officials rang the opening bell Tuesday at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York City, as the packaged meat and fresh pork giant launched its initial public offering of 26 million stock shares at $20 per share on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, raising $522 million. The offering consists of 13,043,479 shares of common […]
Smithfield Foods files for IPO
Virginia’s Smithfield Foods announced Monday it has filed a registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for its initial public offering. This is the first step toward the pork and packaged meats giant’s plan of selling common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol SFD. In November 2024, Smithfield’s […]
Chain Bridge Bancorp plans to go public
Chain Bridge Bancorp, the McLean holding company for Chain Bridge Bank, National Association, is planning to go public. On Friday, the company filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of Class A common stock. The number of shares and price range for the IPO have not […]
SPAC-ulative finance
One of the hottest investment tools in the past year and a half has imploded. But don’t give up on special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs as these peculiar financial structures are called, industry experts say. Also called blank-check companies, SPACs are here to stay, but not necessarily at the high-flying levels of 2020 and […]
Fluence launches IPO that could raise $868M
Fluence Energy Inc., an Arlington-based energy storage and digital application company owned by Siemens and AES Corp., launched its initial public offering (IPO) of 31 million shares of Class A common stock Thursday at $28 per share. The company is trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “FLNC.” As of 3:55 […]
Fluence files plans for IPO
Fluence Energy Inc., an Arlington-based energy storage and digital application company owned by Siemens and AES Corp., announced this week it has filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of its Class A common stock. The number of shares and price range for the proposed offering have not […]




















