As of October 29, 2026, the answer differs by company: SpaceX has listed, so its early window has closed; Anthropic's public S-1 is on file, with a listing expected in late November; OpenAI has onlyAs of October 29, 2026, the answer differs by company: SpaceX has listed, so its early window has closed; Anthropic's public S-1 is on file, with a listing expected in late November; OpenAI has only

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Can You Still Get In Early? SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic and Databricks IPO Status 2026

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Oct 29, 2026

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As of October 29, 2026, the answer differs by company: SpaceX has listed, so its early window has closed; Anthropic's public S-1 is on file, with a listing expected in late November; OpenAI has only a confidential draft and is reported to be leaning toward 2027; and Databricks has filed nothing.

Key Takeaways

SpaceX listed on Nasdaq as SPCX on June 12, 2026 at $135.00 per share, selling 638,888,888 shares for about $85.7 billion of net proceeds, the largest IPO on record.
Anthropic filed its public Form S-1 on October 26, 2026 for a Nasdaq listing as ANT; the roadshow cannot start before November 10, and the market expects a late-November first trade.
OpenAI submitted a confidential draft on June 8, 2026, its CEO said "not 2026," and a 2027 IPO is reported but unconfirmed.
Databricks has filed nothing; its August 2026 round valued it at $190 billion, and its CEO called 2026 a poor year to list.
Anthropic's deal size is not set, so whether it beats SpaceX's record is an open question that the amended S-1 will start to answer.

SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic and Databricks IPO Status 2026

Of the four names, one has listed, one has a public filing, one has a confidential draft and one has nothing on file, and each status below is labeled by its source.

SpaceX — listed (filed): public on Nasdaq as SPCX since June 12, 2026, IPO price $135.00; valuation now set by the market; next milestones are lock-up expiries and quarterly results.
Anthropic — public S-1 filed (filed): Nasdaq Global Select Market, ticker ANT, 22 underwriters led by Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley; share count, price range and date blank; roadshow no earlier than November 10, 2026; last confirmed valuation $965 billion (May 2026), with press reports putting the IPO discussion at $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion.
OpenAI — confidential draft only (company-announced): submitted June 8, 2026; no public S-1; CEO said "not 2026"; valuation $852 billion post-money with $122 billion committed (March 31, 2026); a 2027 listing is reported, not confirmed.
Databricks — no filing (company-announced): private; $5 billion round at a $190 billion valuation on August 13, 2026; CEO has said 2026 is a poor year to list; no timeline.

Anthropic is the only company in the group with a public registration statement that has not yet traded, which makes it the one whose early window is still open and still closing.

Where each of the four companies stands in the IPO process, with the source of each status.

What Happened in the SpaceX IPO, and Where Does SPCX Trade Now?

SpaceX completed the largest IPO on record in June 2026, and SPCX now trades on Nasdaq at a market-set price.

The company filed its public S-1 on May 20, 2026 and applied to list its Class A common stock under the symbol SPCX on Nasdaq and Nasdaq Texas.

It priced 555,555,555 shares at $135.00 per share on June 11, 2026, and the underwriters exercised their option in full, bringing the total to 638,888,888 shares.

Its first quarterly report states net proceeds of about $85.7 billion after underwriting commissions and offering costs, with gross proceeds of roughly $86.2 billion by arithmetic.

SPCX opened at $150.00 on June 12, 2026 and closed its first session at $160.95, about 19% above the offer price.

Nasdaq added SpaceX to the Nasdaq-100 before the market opened on July 7, 2026, less than a month after the listing, per Nasdaq's announcement, and the shares fell in the weeks that followed.

The debut data is historical, and the live price is on the SPCX stock page.

The full story of the listing is in the complete guide to SPCX and the $135 share price.

What Did the SpaceX Debut Teach the Rest of the Queue?

The SpaceX debut taught three things: the public filing to first trade took 23 days, the opening print was the last moment expectations alone set the price, and index inclusion arrived fast.

Public S-1 on May 20, pricing on June 11 and a first trade on June 12 is the template Anthropic's timeline is now measured against.

After the open, earnings, lock-ups and sellers drove the price, which is why a first-day gain says little about the following quarter.

Could Anthropic's IPO Beat SpaceX's Record?

Nobody can say yet, because Anthropic's deal size is not set, but the comparison is already possible on the numbers that exist.

Money raised: SpaceX raised about $85.7 billion net; Anthropic's share count is blank in the S-1, and the $1 billion in its fee table is a registration-fee placeholder.
First-day valuation: SpaceX's was about $1.77 trillion, according to the Motley Fool; Anthropic's is unknown, with press reports putting the IPO discussion range at $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion and prediction markets betting on a first-day close above $1.75 trillion.
Private valuation before listing: Anthropic's last confirmed mark is $965 billion from May 2026, so the reported range would already be a step up before any first-day move.
Retail share: Business Insider reported, citing Bloomberg, that Anthropic could set aside 15% to 20% of the shares for retail investors, a figure that would match SpaceX's final retail share, per Yahoo Finance UK; it remains a report.
Index entry: Nasdaq moved SpaceX into the Nasdaq-100 within a month under its rules for large new listings, and a listing of Anthropic's expected size could qualify the same way.

The first real answer arrives with the amended S-1, which adds the share count and price range, and the final answer arrives on the first day of trading; the record itself is detailed in the SpaceX IPO 2026 guide.

What is known and unknown in the comparison between SpaceX's record IPO and Anthropic's planned one.

When Is the Anthropic IPO, and Has Anthropic Filed Anything?

Anthropic has filed its public S-1, and the IPO date is not set.

The filing of October 26, 2026 seeks a Nasdaq Global Select Market listing as ANT and names 22 underwriters led by Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, and the SEC's 15-day rule means the roadshow cannot begin before November 10.

The filed figures for the six months ended June 30, 2026 are revenue of $16.29 billion, a net loss of $80.7 billion of which about $72.4 billion is a non-cash charge on convertible notes, a $974 million operating profit in the second quarter, and $131.7 billion of cash and short-term investments.

The last company-announced valuation is the $965 billion Series H of May 28, 2026, and the IPO valuation will be implied by the price range in an amended filing.

Control sits with a founders' share carrying 50.1% of the vote and a trust that elects a board majority, as set out in the guide to Anthropic's valuation and who owns what.

Polymarket priced a listing by November 30 at 88% on October 29, and the confirmed steps are tracked in the Anthropic IPO date and plans guide.

Is OpenAI Going Public This Year?

No, OpenAI is not going public in 2026 on its own account.

It confidentially submitted a draft S-1 on June 8, 2026 and said it had not decided on timing, and no public S-1 has appeared on EDGAR since.

In a Fortune interview published on September 12, 2026, Sam Altman called the present an ill-advised moment to go public and said, "I would say not 2026."

Bloomberg Law reported, citing the New York Times, that the company is leaning toward waiting until 2027, which remains a report.

OpenAI's March 31, 2026 funding post states $122 billion committed at an $852 billion post-money valuation, $2 billion of monthly revenue and more than 900 million weekly users.

The confirmed facts on both sides are compared in the Anthropic vs OpenAI IPO guide.

Is Databricks Going Public?

Not in 2026, and not on any announced timeline: Databricks has filed nothing with the SEC.

Its August 13, 2026 release announced a $5 billion round at a $190 billion valuation led by Coatue, a revenue run-rate above $7 billion and growth above 80% year over year, and it did not mention a listing.

Its CEO, Ali Ghodsi, said in June 2026 that the company will be a public company but that 2026 was a terrible year to go public, and he gave no year.

That is the status as of our last check on October 29, 2026, and a first filing would be the only thing that changes it.

The Rest of the Tech IPO Queue: Cerebras, Anduril and the Watchlist

Beyond the big four, Cerebras has listed, two names filed publicly in September and the rest of the watchlist has no registration statement.

Cerebras priced 30 million shares at $185.00 on May 13, 2026, began trading as CBRS on May 14 and closed the deal with the option exercised for about $6.38 billion gross.

Nscale (NYSE: NSCL) and Oura (Nasdaq: OURA) filed public registration statements in September 2026, and the Oura deal has its own Oura IPO 2026 guide.

Anduril, Stripe, Canva and Revolut had no public registration statement on EDGAR as of our last check on October 29, 2026.

Why Is xAI No Longer a Separate IPO Story?

xAI is part of SpaceX: the SpaceX S-1 and 10-Q record the combination as effective on February 2, 2026, so a separate xAI listing is not coming, and the combined company appears in Anthropic's S-1 as a compute supplier under the name SpaceXAI.

A Ticker Trap Worth Knowing

The crypto ticker XAI belongs to an unrelated blockchain gaming token, and Anthropic's symbol ANT appeared for the first time in its S-1 on October 26, 2026; every earlier string was a guess.

Can You Still Get In Early? Company by Company

The early window is closed for SpaceX, closing for Anthropic, and not yet open for OpenAI or Databricks.

SpaceX: no, the early window closed on June 12, 2026; SPCX is bought at the market price like any listed stock.
Anthropic: before the listing, the routes are accredited-investor secondary markets, funds that hold Anthropic, and pre-IPO products, all compared in the guide to buying Anthropic stock before the IPO; at the IPO price, only a broker's allocation program, if offered.
OpenAI: no shares are available, and apart from public shareholders such as Microsoft, the only exposure is a pre-IPO contract that tracks expected valuation.
Databricks: the same kind of pre-IPO exposure only, with no filing to anchor any conversion date.

Anthropic's investor notice treats unapproved share transfers as void, and the SEC's investor alert on pre-IPO scams warns that pre-IPO offerings are unregistered and that a company may never list.

What early access means for each company, from closed to not yet open.

On MEXC, the Anthropic pre-IPO contract quotes expected valuation in billions, so a price of 1,500 implies $1.5 trillion for the whole company.

The OpenAI pre-IPO contract is quoted the same way, and the Anthropic Pre-IPO Countdown page on MEXC tracks the milestones toward ANT's first trade.

What Happens to a Pre-IPO Contract Once the Company Lists?

A pre-IPO contract converts into a standard stock futures contract at listing, with positions migrating without liquidation and the mark price moving to the live share price, as explained in the guide to what changes when a pre-IPO contract becomes a standard contract.

The precedent is Londian Wason (FOIL), whose contract converted after its NYSE listing on August 12, 2026 under MEXC's conversion notice.

For Anthropic, the trigger is ANT beginning to trade on Nasdaq.

Four IPO Mechanics That Catch Beginners Out

Four mechanics decide what an IPO is worth to a late buyer: lock-ups, book-building, direct listings and day-one pricing.

Lock-ups: insiders cannot sell for a set period, and Anthropic's S-1 sets a staggered schedule that runs from the first trading day to as late as day 365 for the largest holders.
Roadshow and book-building: underwriters gather institutional demand and set the final price the evening before trading.
Direct listings: existing shares trade with no new capital raised, and the opening auction sets the first price.
Day-one pricing: the opening print reflects unmet demand, not considered valuation; SPCX's $150.00 open against a $135.00 offer is the example.