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go public

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  1. Become a publicly held company, that is, issue ownership shares in the form of stock. For example, As soon as the company grows a little bigger and begins to show a profit, we intend to go public. [Mid-1900s]


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The technology is still viewed as a speculative bet and likely will be for the foreseeable future, no matter how many companies go public.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

The same is true for many others with stakes in Anthropic and OpenAI, which have also filed paperwork to go public this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

It used as an example a possible trade on whether OpenAI or Anthropic will go public first.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

OpenAI's decision had been expected for months, but the company's filing comes exactly one week after rival AI firm Anthropic said it was planning to go public, too.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

As Netscape began to grow, they reached out to Barksdale for guidance and insight into how best to go public.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

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