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Chipmaker SK Hynix raises $26.5 billion in historic US IPO
TechCrunch SK Hynix raises $26.5B in the biggest foreign IPO in US history, is urged to build new US fabs
South Korean memory chipmaker SK Hynix raised $26.5 billion in the largest foreign initial public offering in U.S. history to fund its AI hardware expansion.
Why it matters
The massive funding injection will accelerate the production of high-bandwidth memory chips essential for training advanced AI models.
Latest brief · Jul 22, 2026