TechnologySpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI valuations versus decades of U.S. tech IPOs
A post citing Jay Ritter at the University of Florida and FT data claims the three companies’ valuations—including a prospective IPO value for Anthropic—exceed the combined first-day value of all U.S. tech IPOs from 1980–2025.
TLDR
A September 24, 2026 post lists SpaceX at a $2.1 trillion live public valuation, Anthropic at $2 trillion for a prospective IPO and OpenAI at $1.2 trillion in its latest funding round. Citing Jay Ritter at the University of Florida and FT data, the user says those figures together exceed the $4.07 trillion combined first-day value of all U.S. tech IPOs from 1980–2025. The comparison mixes a public-market valuation, a prospective IPO valuation and a funding-round valuation.
SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI valuations versus decades of U.S. tech IPOs
A post citing Jay Ritter at the University of Florida and FT data claims the three companies’ valuations—including a prospective IPO value for Anthropic—exceed the combined first-day value of all U.S. tech IPOs from 1980–2025.
TLDR
A September 24, 2026 post lists SpaceX at a $2.1 trillion live public valuation, Anthropic at $2 trillion for a prospective IPO and OpenAI at $1.2 trillion in its latest funding round. Citing Jay Ritter at the University of Florida and FT data, the user says those figures together exceed the $4.07 trillion combined first-day value of all U.S. tech IPOs from 1980–2025. The comparison mixes a public-market valuation, a prospective IPO valuation and a funding-round valuation.
