Marking 2026 as one of the strongest years for IPOs since the dot-com boom, several of the world’s biggest private companies are lining up to go public. Below you’ll find the available details for some of the year’s expected initial public offerings. If no date has been set, some of these may wait until 2027.
Note that we’re not recommending these IPOs. Use this guide for your own research and due diligence before making any investment decisions.
Below, you’ll find some of the most anticipated initial public offerings for the year ahead. We expect these IPOs to generate a lot of buzz, and several of them have done so already.
Anthropic, the AI safety company behind the Claude chatbot, raised $65 billion in a funding round that valued the company at $965 billion.(1) The company confidentially filed for an IPO days later, with reporting pointing to an October 2026 target.(2)
OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, confidentially filed IPO paperwork with the SEC in June 2026.(3) The company was last valued at $852 billion in its most recent funding round, though some analysts expect an eventual IPO to price higher.(4)
Data analytics and AI company Databricks was valued at $134 billion in a December 2025 funding round.(5) Chief executive Ali Ghodsi has since said the company won't go public in 2026, calling it a poor year to list given the number of other large offerings underway.(6)
Payments giant Stripe was valued at $159 billion in a February 2026 employee tender offer.(7) The company's president has said an IPO isn't currently a near-term priority given Stripe's profitability.
Design platform Canva was valued at $42 billion in an August 2025 employee share sale.(8) The company has hired a CFO with IPO experience as it pushes further into AI tools and the enterprise market.
Every initial public offering scheduled on US exchanges through the end of the month, plus recent listings.
IPO dates and prices change often. Offerings can be delayed, repriced or withdrawn, so treat any upcoming date as provisional until shares begin trading.
Data source: Finnhub
Companies stage an initial public offering (IPO) to raise capital and to reward early investors, officers and workers who’ve been given ownership shares. In a public offering, shares are sold via an underwriter, with most going to large institutional investors and select high-net worth investors.
In rare cases, the average retail investor may be invited to participate, but most will have to wait until shares are trading on an exchange.
On this page you’ll see two other kinds of initial offerings:
To buy into an IPO stock after it hits the market, you’ll need to establish and fund a trading account.
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