U.S. Stock Market is witnessing strong activity in the IPO segment so far this year. Chipmaker Cerberus or CBRS, Blackstone's Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust Inc or BXDC, Texas-based geothermal Fervo Energy or FRVO have made debut at the Wall Street through Initial Public Offerings. The consumer IPO market is picking up steam after a tepid 2025.
There will be a number of IPOs that will follow. These IPOs are SpaceX, Anthropic, OpenAI, Inspire Brands, Discord.
SpaceX IPO
Elon Musk's rocket and satellite maker SpaceX is aiming to list its shares as early as June 12 and has picked the Nasdaq as the trading venue for its blockbuster market debut. The listing, one of the most anticipated in years, is expected to headline this year's crowded IPO calendar that could also include AI heavyweights Anthropic and OpenAI, both of which are expected to tap public markets, Reuters reported.
SpaceX's debut comes at a pivotal moment for the IPO market, which has rebounded after struggling over the past couple of years amid volatility fueled by U.S. tariff policy and geopolitical uncertainty. Set to trade under the ticker 'SPCX', the company has accelerated its IPO timeline and is now aiming to make its prospectus public as early as next Wednesday, with a roadshow launch targeted for June 4 and the share sale as early as June 11, according to three sources familiar with the matter, according to Reuters.
The new plan to IPO during the second week of June represents a quicker-than-expected timeline for SpaceX's offering, moving forward a process that had initially been targeted for late June — around the time of Musk's birthday — the sources said, requesting anonymity as the discussions are private.
Anthropic IPO
Anthropic is a startup backed by Google, and Amazon.com, whose value has soared on demand for its AI and coding tools. According to a Yahoo Finance report, the Claude maker was planning for public listing or IPO in October this year.
Anthropic is weighing raising tens of billions of dollars this summer to fund a major expansion in computing capacity, a move that could lift its valuation to nearly $1 trillion and put it ahead of rival OpenAI, the Financial Times reported earlier in May.
OpenAI IPO
OpenAI is laying the groundwork for an initial public offering that could value the company at up to $1 trillion, three people familiar with the matter said, in what could be one of the biggest IPOs of all time, Reuters had reported. Some reports suggested that OpenAI was considering filing with securities regulators as soon as the second half of 2026. However, experts have started doubting that dateline. So far, OpenAI is yet to make any big announcement.
Inspire Brands
Inspire Brands, the owner of fast-food chains Dunkin', Arby's and Jimmy John's, said it had confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering, Reuters reported.
Atlanta-based Inspire Brands, which was formed in 2018 by private equity firm Roark Capital as a holding company, has a portfolio of more than 33,000 restaurants, including chains such as Buffalo Wild Wings, Sonic Drive-In and Baskin-Robbins. The company bought Dunkin' Brands in an $11.3 billion deal in 2020, in one of the largest restaurant deals.
Bloomberg News reported in March that Inspire Brands' IPO could raise about $2 billion as early as this year. The confidential IPO filing comes as U.S. restaurant chains such as McDonald's and Domino's flag pressure on consumer spending from higher gasoline prices due to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
Discord IPO
Chat platform Discord filed confidentially for an initial public offering in the United States, Bloomberg News reported in January. Discord, which was founded in 2015, offers voice, video and text chatting capabilities aimed at gamers and streamers. It had more than 200 million monthly active users.
