Anthropic raises $65 billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO | TechCrunch
… Anthropic has been in tight competition with OpenAI for fundraising and user growth in advance of their respective IPOs. …
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Cerebras raises $5.5B, then stock pops $108%, in the first huge tech IPO of 2026 | TechCrunch
… So those IPO plans were shelved. IPO ambitions reappeared in earnest in April when the company was able to report about double the revenue : $510 million in 2025 up 76% year-over-year , and from a handful of customers. …
It's not FAANG anymore. It's MANGOS. | TechCrunch
… With SpaceX about to break records with an IPO on Friday, Anthropic about to break records with its pending IPO, and OpenAI racing to match or best its archrivals with its own potentially record-breaking IPO, the tech industry will soon have a new set of public company overlords. …
The SpaceX IPO filing is filled with AI bets, Starship dreams, and Elon Musk at the center | TechCrunch
… As it is listed as another “future market,” there is little detail about how SpaceX plans to tackle this idea. Total control Make no mistake, this is Elon Musk’s company. Per the filing, Musk will be the CEO, CTO, and chairman of the SpaceX board after the IPO. …
xAI burned $6.4B last year — SpaceX’s IPO filing shows why the spending is far from over | TechCrunch
Elon Musk’s xAI lost $6.4 billion from operations on just $3.2 billion in revenue in 2025, according to SpaceX’s IPO filings . …
Anthropic files to go public | TechCrunch
… A confidential IPO filing allows a company to begin preparing for a potential public offering without publicly disclosing detailed financial information, risks, or other internal business details. Anthropic will evaluate the IPO privately and without the critical eye of the public. …
'Too early' to talk IPO, Redwood Materials' incoming CFO says | TechCrunch
… But despite Ahuja’s many years running Tesla’s finances, and a hot IPO market for anything remotely related to AI data centers, he tells TechCrunch that it’s “too early” to talk about going public. “Naturally, an IPO is a potential outcome for any private company, and we’ll talk about it when the t… …
Airbnb's Brian Chesky plans to launch a new AI lab | TechCrunch
… Latest in AI AI Ahead of its IPO, Anthropic’s Daniela Amodei shrugs off doubts about AI’s returns In Brief Airbnb’s Brian Chesky plans to launch a new AI lab StrictlyVC Los Angeles 2026 Defense tech, AI, and fundraising take center stage at StrictlyVC Los Angeles on June 18
OpenAI is still working on that ‘super app’ | TechCrunch
… The company’s goal is reportedly to become more competitive with Anthropic, particularly among business customers, and to get closer to profitability before an IPO. …
Erin Brockovich takes aim at data center secrecy | TechCrunch
… Brockovich added that she’s not “making a blanket argument against data centers” or AI, but rather against “the pattern our map documents: projects announced after permits are already secured, developers who don’t return calls, local officials who signed NDAs before their neighbors knew a project w…