: the first sale of a company's stock to the public
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SpaceX priced its initial public offering at $135 a share and debuted June 12 on Nasdaq at $150.—
Tobias Burns,
CNBC,
1 July 2026 With SpaceX’s historic initial public offering minting a small army of new millionaires overnight, the Southern California housing market is bracing for a big wave of buyers looking to upgrade their digs or perhaps snag a second home, potentially driving up prices in some in-demand neighborhoods.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026 That's still much of the show's focus, but the biggest stories in those spaces, such as the initial public offering for Musk's SpaceX or the rise of artificial intelligence, are now inevitably linked to politics.—ABC News,
29 June 2026 After initially selling its stock at $135 apiece in its ballyhooed initial public offering earlier this month, SpaceX’s price briefly soared above $225 within its first few days of trading.—
Stan Choe,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for initial public offering