Cerebras IPO Explodes: Shares Nearly Double on Nasdaq Debut

AI chipmaker Cerebras opens at $350 per share, nearly doubling its $185 IPO price and crossing a $100B valuation.

Cerebras IPO Explodes: Shares Nearly Double on Nasdaq Debut

Cerebras Systems just pulled off a monster IPO. The AI chipmaker hit the Nasdaq on Thursday, opening at $350 per share — nearly double its $185 offering price. That puts the company's valuation north of $100 billion.

The numbers are staggering. Cerebras sold 30 million shares and raised $5.5 billion in the process. It's the largest U.S. tech IPO since Uber went public back in 2019.

The $185 price tag already came in well above the company's expected range, but the market wanted more. Way more. That kind of first-day pop signals massive investor appetite for AI infrastructure plays.

For a chipmaker competing in the white-hot AI accelerator space, this debut sets a high bar — and an even higher set of expectations going forward.