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go public

Idioms  
  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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For the past 25 years that role has been less important as private capital funds grew large enough to finance companies for much longer before they needed to go public.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Anthropic has announced it plans to go public, an update Wall Street has been waiting for in what is turning out to be a huge year for initial public offerings.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Another competitor, SpaceX, plans to go public later this month.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

Anthropic, the company behind the powerful artificial intelligence chatbot Claude, has filed to go public, the company said Monday.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

And if I go public, instantly I'm a scientific oddity, front-page news.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

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