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SK Hynix raises $26.5B in the biggest foreign IPO in US history, is urged to build new US fabs

TechCrunch • Fri, 10 Jul 2026

The AI chip boom just produced its biggest Wall Street moment yet. Now SK Hynix and Samsung are being asked to build U.S. factories.

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The AI chip boom just produced its biggest Wall Street moment yet. Now SK Hynix and Samsung are being asked to build U.S. factories.

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The AI chip boom just produced its biggest Wall Street moment yet.

Now SK Hynix and Samsung are being asked to build U.S.

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As the AI boom boosts demand for RAM, SK Hynix - one of the world's biggest suppliers of memory chips - launched on Wall Street Friday. The South Korean chipmaker opened at $170 per share and raised $26.5 billion, surpassing Alibaba's record as the largest debut of a foreign company, according to reports from The […]

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