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(Bloomberg) -- Jijia Vision is in discussions to hold an initial public offering on Hong Kong’s stock exchange as soon as this year, joining a flurry of Chinese AI firms planning public market debuts. Most Read from BloombergSaudi-Led Coalition in Yemen Vows to Protect Ships From HouthisUS Strikes Iran in Escalating Campaign After Troops KilledIran Says Mediators Stepping In After Days of US ClashesMoonshot’s Kimi K3 May Be More About Memory Than ComputeChinese AI Sensation Moonshot’s Gamble on
OpenAI is in an IPO pickle. A year ago, the idea of an OpenAI listing would have had Wall Street salivating, with relatively few reservations about its large financial losses or questions about its leadership. After surviving an attempted ouster two years prior, chief Sam Altman had carved OpenAI into his nascent industry’s undisputed king and hitched himself closely to the much wealthier Microsoft to bankroll growth.
Csquare, a data center operator backed by Brookfield, is going public as investors are growing skeptical about AI and IPOs.
Jim Cramer says the SK Hynix mega-listing clears the biggest threat hanging over AI stocks in 2026, but one scenario could blow that thesis apart before summer ends.
Yahoo Finance's Dan Howley discusses Anthropic's expansion of its Claude Cowork agentic AI platform to mobile devices and how the company is shifting its narrative to focus on eliminating busywork rather than replacing human workers.
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Microsoft and Chipotle both crushed the market over the past decade, but their recent stumbles reveal two very different problems and two very different bets on what comes next.
The worst-performing "Magnificent Seven" stock of 2026 owns about a quarter of one of the biggest IPOs in the pipeline.
OpenAI already has a lineup of impressive investors ahead of its eagerly awaited initial public offering. OpenAI has talked about offering a 5% ownership stake to the U.S. government, potentially via a sovereign wealth fund, the Financial Times reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the talks. There would be a couple of potential benefits for OpenAI if the Trump administration were among its investors.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is one of the 15 Best AI Stocks That Will Make You Rich in 10 Years. On June 26, 2026, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)-backed OpenAI is leaning toward waiting until next year for its public listing, the New York Times’ Rob Copeland and Mike Isaac reported, citing three people involved in the company’s […]
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On CNBC’s Closing Bell Overtime Thursday, the conversation circled back to the question every AI investor is now asking out loud. When do OpenAI and Anthropic stop pretending they want to stay private? The reporters laid out a clock that is mostly running on revenue physics. Anthropic’s revenue is up roughly 4x from last year, ... OpenAI vs. Anthropic: The Race to IPO Before the AI Hype Peaks Is On
SpaceX stock fell again on Monday, now poised for three straight down days after a massive run up following its IPO earlier this month. SpaceX also confirmed its first ever bond issuance in filing.
Cloud computing has major upside, with huge growth coming over the next few years.
The post-IPO run-up had drawn scrutiny from analysts concerned about whether SpaceX's fundamentals could eventually support its valuation
SpaceX stock has risen around 50% since its Nasdaq debut last Friday, pushing its valuation above $2.66 trillion at Tuesday's close

<body><p>STORY: From a record-breaking IPO to a far-reaching online ban, this is Tech Weekly. </p><p>:: Tech Weekly</p><p>SpaceX on Thursday priced the biggest-ever U.S. initial public offering, raising a record $75 billion. </p><p>It’s made Elon Musk’s rocket and spacecraft manufacturer one of the world’s most valuable companies.</p><p>Selling 555.56 million shares at $135 apiece, the company was valued at $1.77 trillion. </p><p>Thursday’s pricing supports Musk's most ambitious project yet - even as some analysts question whether its lofty valuation is justified.</p><p>The company said Monday its underwriters had exercised the so-called "greenshoe" option to purchase additional shares.</p><p>Microsoft has been sued by shareholders who say they've been defrauded. </p><p>They’ve said the tech giant inflated its stock price by failing to disclose slowing growth in its Azure cloud business.</p><p>And failing to disclose the need to spend billions of dollars on AI infrastructure. </p><p>The proposed class action, filed Friday, was prompted by Microsoft shares falling 10% on January 29 after an earnings report.</p><p>About $357 billion of market value was erased, and Microsoft's stock suffered its biggest one-day decline in nearly six years.</p><p>Microsoft said on Monday it believes the claims are "without merit”. </p><p>British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday he would ban social media sites for under-16s..</p><p>And impose restrictions on gaming and livestreaming platforms for the age group. </p><p>This amounts to some of the world's most far-reaching online restrictions, with the ban coming into place by next spring.</p><p>He said this would help protect children online while pushing back against the power of big technology companies.</p><p>"At the moment, strangers can contact any child unchecked. Just think about that. Is there a situation in the offline world where you would just let your child pair up with a stranger, an adult that you don't know anything about?”</p><p>Ford and other automakers are scrambling to obtain U.S. government authorization to continue selling certain models - despite being on the market for years. </p><p>It’s due to a U.S. ban on Chinese-developed and -maintained software in connected vehicles. </p><p>Ford told Reuters it’s asked the U.S. Commerce Department for authorization to continue importing its China-built Lincoln Nautilus SUV.</p><p>And said despite its tech being built in the U.S., its installation in China now requires government approval. </p><p>Lawmakers have proposed making the rules even tougher.</p></body>
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SpaceX was the largest IPO in history surpassing $2.1 trillion market cap
Microsoft (MSFT) hasn't ruled out spinning out or restructuring its Xbox gaming unit as a subsidiary
SpaceX just rewrote the IPO record book. The company sold more than 555 million shares at $135 each, raising $75 billion and landing a valuation of nearly $1.8 trillion. According to CNBC’s Melissa Lee, that places SpaceX as the seventh most valuable U.S. company, ahead of Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA), and pushes Elon Musk to the edge ... SpaceX Raises Record $75 Billion in Historic IPO, Reaches $1.8 Trillion Valuation
The IPO market is back, and it’s not the same companies leading the charge. FAANG had a good run, but a new acronym is taking over: MANGOS — Meta (or Microsoft, depending on who you ask), Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX. Half of that bunch is heading to public markets in the same window, and it’s a stress test for investors, for valuations, and for […]
JPMorgan data show hedge funds cut positions in the biggest U.S. tech names, with some adding bearish bets, just before SpaceX began trading Friday
Hedge funds sold out of the biggest U.S. tech stocks, and some even added bearish positions, according to data from a JPMorgan note late Thursday, just before SpaceX was set to go public on Friday. Shares in the "Magnificent Seven" -- a group that includes some of the biggest tech names on Wall Street, namely Nvidia, Apple, Amazon.com, Alphabet, Meta, Tesla, and Microsoft, have all declined since last Friday. The Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF, which tracks these stocks closely, declined over 2.4% since June 5, with some analysts saying investors were clearing their decks in order to prepare for the debut of Elon Musk's Space X on Friday.
Microsoft (MSFT)-backed OpenAI is expected to go public within the next year, although the timing co