Cerebras Systems, a Silicon Valley-based AI chipmaker, raised $5.6 billion in its IPO.

Why it matters:

We knew this would be the year's largest IPO, but it crushed even those high expectations — benefiting from a broader surge in semiconductor stocks.

By the numbers:

Cerebras priced at $185 per share, compared to the original $115-$125 price range and a revised $150-$160 plan.

Its initial market cap is nearly $40 billion, a 73% increase over where it raised Series H funding just four months ago led by Tiger Global.

ROI:

Cerebras had raised around $3 billion from firms like Alpha Wave, Benchmark, Eclipse, Fidelity, and Foundation Capital.

Other backers included AMD, Coatue, Bow River Capital, Altimeter, 1789 Capital, DataPower Capital, Flybridge, and Atreides Management.

The bottom line:

Third time's a charm, as Cerebras scrapped prior IPO plans in both 2024 and 2025.

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