{"id":21657,"date":"2026-01-22T08:37:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T07:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/the-year-of-the-hectocorn-the-100bn-tech-companies-that-could-float-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T08:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T07:37:26","slug":"the-year-of-the-hectocorn-the-100bn-tech-companies-that-could-float-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/the-year-of-the-hectocorn-the-100bn-tech-companies-that-could-float-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The year of the \u2018hectocorn\u2019: the $100bn tech companies that could float in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX and Stripe are rumoured to be among ten of the biggest companies considering IPOs<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve probably heard of \u201cunicorns\u201d \u2013 technology startups valued at more than $1bn \u2013 but 2026 is shaping up to be the year of the \u201chectocorn<\/a>\u201d, with several US and European companies potentially floating on stock markets at valuations over $100bn (\u00a375bn).<\/p>\n

OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX and Stripe are among the big names said to be considering an initial public offering (IPO) this year.<\/p>\n

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\nOpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX and Stripe are rumoured to be among ten of the biggest companies considering IPOs
\nYou\u2019ve probably heard of \u201cunicorns\u201d \u2013 technology startups valued at more than $1bn \u2013 but 2026 is shaping up to be the year of the \u201chectocorn\u201d, with several US and European companies potentially floating on stock markets at valuations over $100bn (\u00a375bn).
\nOpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX and Stripe are among the big names said to be considering an initial public offering (IPO) this year. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX and Stripe are rumoured to be among ten of the biggest companies considering IPOs You\u2019ve probably heard of \u201cunicorns\u201d \u2013 technology startups valued at more than $1bn \u2013 but 2026 is shaping up to be the year of the \u201chectocorn\u201d, with several US and European companies potentially floating on stock markets at …<\/p>\n

The year of the \u2018hectocorn\u2019: the $100bn tech companies that could float in 2026<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21657"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}