What ‘IPO’ really stands for — and whether you should be buying SpaceX and the AI giants

Source: New York Post

Should you be chasing shares of SpaceX? How about Anthropic and OpenAI if and when they go public later this year? To get to an answer, let’s explore the various meanings of “IPO”.   These three letters – I, P and O – excite emotions like few others in finance. Elon Musk’s rocket company launched an initial public offering this month that has made Musk a trillionaire while instantly minting millions and even billions for many of his friends and employees.