Czechoslovak Group (CSG), a <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/32e73b4d-eff3-420b-9a82-7483dc2e14a5#:~:text=CSG%20has%20become-,a%20leading%20supplier%20to%20Ukraine%E2%80%99s%20armed%20forces,-and%20also%20acts">leading</a> supplier to Ukraine's armed forces, is preparing for potentially the largest IPO in the history of the defense sector in the "coming weeks." Chinese neuroimplant developer BrainCo, a competitor of Elon Musk's Neuralink, has decided to go public in Hong Kong. Crypto exchange Bitpanda, in which billionaire Peter Thiel has invested, may list in Frankfurt in the first quarter. The main events on the IPO market during the week are in our selection.

Ammunition supplier, Neuralink competitor and cryptocurrency exchange: highlights of the IPO by Jan. 18

Tesla, Inc.

Meta Platforms, Inc.

In mid-August, it became known that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman intends to <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/04484164-724e-4fc2-92a2-e2c13ea639bd">back</a> Merge Labs, a company that is developing a brain-computer interface - a class of technology that allows people to control computers using neural signals from the brain, i.e., actually by the power of thought. This further intensifies competition with his former partner and now rival Elon Musk, who launched a similar startup, Neuralink, in 2016. So far, the technology is being used with the noble goal of helping completely paralyzed people to communicate with the world around them again by controlling computer interfaces. However, both billionaires believe that in the long run, this technology will literally save humanity from extinction.