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The biggest IPO in human history just happened and most people are still focused on the stock price when the real story …

Milk Road AI Twitter · Milk Road AI (@MilkRoadAI) · 2026-06-20

Milk Road AI frames a record-breaking $85.7 billion IPO attributed to Elon Musk as primarily a story about two decades of strategic company-building rather than short-term stock price movements.

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Topics: ipoelon-musktech-companiesequity-markets

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  • The IPO in question raised $85.7 billion after the greenshoe option was fully exercised, making it the largest IPO in history.
  • The proceeds were approximately three times larger than a prior major benchmark IPO, likely Saudi Aramco.
  • The author argues the real significance lies in the long-term vision Elon Musk executed over twenty years, not the current stock price.

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The biggest IPO in human history just happened and most people are still focused on the stock price when the real story is what Elon built in plain sight over twenty years (Save this).
With the greenshoe fully exercised, total proceeds hit $85.7 billion, three times what Saudi...