It’s hot IPO summer, and the MANGOS are ripe

The IPO market is surging this summer with a new group of tech giants—dubbed MANGOS, including Meta, Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX—preparing to go public. Half of these companies are set to debut in the same window, creating a major test for investor appetite, valuations, and expectations for public tech firms in 2026. TechCrunch’s Equity podcast examines what this IPO wave means beyond the headlines and who stands to gain.

The IPO market is back, and it’s not the same companies leading the charge. FAANG had a good run, but a new acronym is taking over: MANGOS https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/09/its-not-faang-anymore-its-mangos/ — Meta or Microsoft, depending on who you ask , Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX. Half of that bunch is heading to public markets in the same window, and it’s a stress test for investors, for valuations, and for what we can even expect from a public tech company in 2026. On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity https://techcrunch.com/podcasts/equity/ podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O’Kane break down what this IPO moment actually means beyond the headline numbers, and who stands to benefit. Listen to the full episode to hear: - Why Apple’s biggest WWDC announcement https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/08/apples-wwdc-ai-demos-looked-more-real-after-250m-false-ad-settlement/ might matter less than how they showed it, and what a $250M settlement https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/08/apples-wwdc-ai-demos-looked-more-real-after-250m-false-ad-settlement/ had to do with the change - How Waymo just turned Apple’s abandoned self-driving dream https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/08/waymo-bought-apples-self-driving-car-proving-ground-for-220m/ into its next big proving ground - What a $920 million-per-month compute deal between Google and SpaceX https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/05/google-will-pay-spacex-920m-per-month-for-compute/ says about who’s leading the AI infrastructure race - How Sam Bankman-Fried’s pardon request https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/08/sam-bankman-fried-applies-for-a-pardon-from-trump/ and a new Zuckerberg biopic somehow ended with the Equity team getting cast by ChatGPT Subscribe to Equity on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@TechCrunch , Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1215439780 , Overcast https://overcast.fm/itunes1215439780/equity , Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5IEYLip3eDppcOmy5DmphC?si=rZDFHv2sQUul g94iCRgpQ and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X https://twitter.com/EquityPod and Threads https://www.threads.net/@equitypod , at @EquityPod.