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The IPO Window Is Closing. Here Are 8 Startups To Watch.

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  • Anthropic could debut as soon as September or October 2026 and raise up to $100 billion via the IPO offering

    60% confidence

  • SambaNova was strongly considering a U.S. IPO next year (2027)

    60% confidence

  • OpenAI is considering pushing its IPO listing to 2027

    60% confidence

  • Stripe is not in a rush to go public

    60% confidence

  • Notion's appointment of a new board of directors with public-company experience is a big step towards an IPO

    60% confidence

  • Kraken has reportedly weighed delaying its IPO again until 2027

    60% confidence

  • Kraken was approximately 80% ready for a 2026 IPO listing

    60% confidence

  • Foundation model companies will go public before application-layer companies, similar to how the internet's development played out; OpenEvidence would consider an IPO after OpenAI and Anthropic have listed

    60% confidence

  • Oura is mulling an IPO offering as soon as September or October 2026 that could fetch a valuation above the $11 billion it achieved in its most recent funding round

    60% confidence

  • Anthropic has indicated it plans to beat rival OpenAI to the public markets

    60% confidence

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Anthropic · cumulative funding raised125 USD
SpaceX · ipo proceeds86 USD

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Vertical AI Agents Attract a Funding Wave Across Fintech-Adjacent Industries
A cluster of AI-native startups applying autonomous agents to narrow, operational problems — hotel front-desk staffing (Dextr AI), identity/fraud risk for financial institutions (Baselayer), insurance distribution (Napo, Connie Health, MGT Insurance) — closed seed-to-Series A rounds within days of each other in September 2026, with CB Insights running a coordinated CEO interview series to spotlight them. The pattern points to agentic AI maturing from generic chat tools into vertical, revenue-generating products, with identity verification for AI agents themselves (Baselayer) emerging as a new fintech infrastructure category responding directly to AI-driven fraud risk.
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Satellite-Terrestrial Network Integration Acceleration
Increased investment and launches in hybrid satellite-cellular networks across telecom industry; competitive responses from other carriers; regulatory activity around satellite spectrum; expansion of emergency/rural connectivity use cases
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ING Group
Both facts record the same metric (shares_outstanding) for ING Group at the identical observation date (2025-12-31). FACT A states 2,902,437,688 shares; FACT B states 2,902 million shares (2,902,000,000). The difference is 437,688 shares (~0.015%). This is a genuine value conflict, though the discrepancy appears to result from FACT B rounding to the nearest million while FACT A provides the precise count.
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