Cerebras Eyes $5.5 Billion IPO as AI Chip Race Moves From Labs to Wall Street
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Cerebras IPO: The artificial intelligence boom is no longer just a story of chatbots, software labs and data centres. It is now moving directly into the heart of Wall Street. Cerebras Systems, the Sunnyvale, California-based chip startup known for its wafer-scale processors, is set to begin trading on Wall Street on Thursday at $185 per share, in a listing expected to raise about $5.5 billion. At that size, the IPO would become the largest initial public offering in the United States so far this year. The company’s public-market debut comes at a moment when AI infrastructure has become one of the most closely watched areas in global technology. Cerebras builds giant processors, also described as wafer-scale systems, which are seen as useful for developing and running AI models. Unlike the consumer-facing side of artificial intelligence, where apps and chatbots get most of the attention, Cerebras sits in the heavier, more expensive layer of the AI economy: the hardware that powers the models. The IPO pricing also tells its own story. Cerebras had earlier aimed for a price range of $115 to $125 per share. It later raised the range to $150 to $160, before finally settling at $185 per share. That step-up signals strong investor appetite around companies tied to AI infrastructure, especially as demand for computing power continues to shape the next phase of the technology...
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Once existing shares, stock options and other financial instruments are counted, the company is being valued at more than $55 billion .
