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And you can see why they want to.

That cash comes without quarterly earnings pressure, intense disclosure requirements, or day-to-day share price changes.

As a result, the typical pre-listing lifespan of a startup has been pushed to almost 10 years, about twice the old average.

But this year could break that pattern.

Alongside SpaceX, AI players OpenAI and Anthropic are also rumored to be lining up listings, at valuations around $1 trillion and $350 billion, respectively.

SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic are all US-based firms, so their debuts would only tighten America's hold on the creme de la creme of tech.

After all, nine of the world's 10 biggest public companies are tech names, and all but one call the states home.

But even though the biggest dogs are American, AI is increasingly global.

China is widely seen as a close second in the area, while leading Korean and Taiwanese chip and hardware firms have been helping to pull their home markets higher.

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Investors put their hard-earned cash into Czech defense group CSG's freshly minted stock on Friday, sending the shares up 28% in the biggest ever initial public offering by a pure defense firm.

European governments have been ramping up defense spending, pouring money into ammunition, armored vehicles, and other hardware.

It all started after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

But the trend has only been reinforced by U.S.

pressure on Europe to shoulder more of NATO's budget.