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What could spur an IPO pickup in the second half of the year

IPO activity is expected to pick up in 2024. Nasdaq Co-President Nelson Griggs points to a few reasons for an uptick including improved investor sentiment and the success IPOs have seen so far this year. Griggs expects that if that success continues, there could be more IPO activity picking up in the back half of the year, but he cautions that there is still a "'I need to get a bit bigger' to be a public company" mentality for some companies. "We have seen a pretty dramatic build of companies that would like to go public. I think we just have to see these companies that do go out now do well and then the investors will be excited to participate," Griggs adds. Watch the video above to hear Griggs explain why we are just at the start of the AI impact on the IPO market. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode. This post was written by Stephanie Mikulich.