OpenAI Joins Trillion-Dollar IPO Race as Three AI Giants Prepare for Historic Wall Street Debuts
  • Elena
  • June 22, 2026

OpenAI Joins Trillion-Dollar IPO Race as Three AI Giants Prepare for Historic Wall Street Debuts

The artificial intelligence industry is seeing a big moment right now. The three biggest artificial intelligence companies are getting ready to go within weeks of each other. OpenAI, the company that made ChatGPT has secretly filed to go public with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This could be one of the market debuts in history.

This news came a week after another company called Anthropic did the same thing.. In a few days Elon Musks company SpaceX will start trading on June 12. These three companies going public at the time is a really big deal for the artificial intelligence industry. It means that the biggest private artificial intelligence companies will now be in the eye.

OpenAIs Path to Wall Street

OpenAI said on June 8 that it had filed to go public. It does not know when it will happen yet. This move gives OpenAI the option to go public sooner if it needs to. The company is worth $852 billion after it raised money in March. It wants to be worth between $852 billion and $1 trillion when it goes public.

OpenAI also wants to let its employees sell their shares at the price. This will give employees some money sooner. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are helping OpenAI with its filing. These are the companies that are helping SpaceX.

The Competitive Landscape

The timing of these filings is not a coincidence. Anthropic just raised money. Is now worth $965 billion. This is more than OpenAI is worth. Anthropic has made a product called Claude. Says it is safer than other artificial intelligence products. The company made a lot of money year and might make a profit soon.

SpaceX on the hand has already raised $75 billion. This is the initial public offering in history. The company will start trading under the name SPCX.

Financial Realities and Investor Questions

The filings show that these companies are spending a lot of money. OpenAI made $5.7 billion in the few months of 2026 but it spent $3.7 billion. The company spent $2.22 for every dollar it made.

Anthropic is doing a little better. It has had some problems. The company just made a deal with Elon Musk to use his data centers. Some people think that Anthropic might be an investment because it works with big companies.

Strategic Implications

The CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman says that the company is entering a phase. It is moving from doing research to making products and changing the economy. The company is focusing on its products and stopping other projects that are not as important.

The initial public offering efforts come after OpenAI won a court case. Elon Musk said that OpenAI had stopped doing what it was supposed to do. The court did not agree. Musk is going to appeal the decision.

What Comes Next

Depending on how SpaceX does Anthropic and OpenAI might go public sooner. These three companies going public is a deal, for people who want to invest in artificial intelligence. It is also a test to see if people are willing to invest in companies that are not making a profit yet.

One person who watches the market said, "These companies are spending a lot of money on computers and other things and going public is the way for them to get more money." The artificial intelligence initial public offering season has. It is going to be very interesting.