Few tech IPOs to list this year as Anthropic, SpaceX steal the spotlight
SpaceX made history with the biggest-ever IPO, and Anthropic could eclipse it. IPO Only a handful of venture-backed tech names are considering going public this year. In some cases, startups don't want to be outshone by the mega IPOs, SpaceX, and Anthropic. There are also reservations about going public close to a major election. Two mega-IPOs are making 2026 look at first glance like a banner year for tech listings. Strip them out, and the IPO market is shaping up to be another dud. "We will be a public company," Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi told Bloomberg Television in June . "I just think this is a terrible year to go public." Databricks has been postponing its IPO for years. SpaceX held the largest-ever IPO when it was valued at $1.75 trillion in June. Now Anthropic is looking to eclipse that, reportedly targeting a $2 trillion listing as soon as late September. Yet, aside from these mega IPOs, only a handful of venture-backed tech names are considering debuts ...
