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Pre-IPO valuations API: companies on the way to an IPO

The pipeline endpoint lists the private companies on the way to the public market, from press reports to priced deals, with their last reported valuation, the previous one and the change.

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What the response contains

IPO stage and count of companies per stage.
Last reported valuation in billions of dollars, with date, kind and source link.
Previous valuation and percentage change.
Full valuation history per company with GET /v1/companies/{id}.

For apps and media that follow companies before they list and need figures they can cite.

Real response

Captured from GET /v1/ipo/pipeline on October 29, 2026, trimmed to the first items. Data from Unicorn Watch; every figure keeps its date and public source. Reported valuations (latest round, press estimates or indicative secondary prices), not market prices.

{
  "data": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "id": "anthropic",
      "name": "Anthropic",
      "sector": "Artificial intelligence",
      "country": "United States",
      "founded": null,
      "website": "",
      "cik": "2130357",
      "valuationUsdBn": 965,
      "valuationDate": "2026-05",
      "valuationKind": "round",
      "sourceName": "Anthropic",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.anthropic.com/news/series-h",
      "changePct": null,
      "previousUsdBn": null,
      "previousDate": null,
      "ipo": {
        "status": "public_filing",
        "date": null,
        "note": "Public Form S-1 filed on 26 October 2026 (SEC EDGAR): listing applied for on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol ANT; number of shares and price range not yet set. The confidential draft was submitted on 1 June 2026. A roadshow from 9 November, pricing in mid November 2026 and a valuation of about 2 trillion dollars are press reports (IFR, 17 to 23 October 2026; CNBC, 26 October 2026), not confirmed by the company.",
        "sourceUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0002130357/000162828026067168/anthropicpbc-sx1.htm",
        "lockupEnd": null
      },
      "updatedAt": "2026-10-28T21:35:00.000Z"
    },
    {
      "rank": 2,
      "id": "openai",
      "name": "OpenAI",
      "sector": "Artificial intelligence",
      "country": "United States",
      "founded": null,
      "website": "",
      "cik": null,
      "valuationUsdBn": 852,
      "valuationDate": "2026-03",
      "valuationKind": "round",
      "sourceName": "CNBC",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/31/openai-funding-round-ipo.html",
      "changePct": null,
      "previousUsdBn": null,
      "previousDate": null,
      "ipo": {
        "status": "confidential",
        "date": null,
        "note": "OpenAI confirmed on 8 June 2026 that it had submitted a confidential draft S-1 to the SEC and had not decided on timing (CNBC, 8 June 2026).",
        "sourceUrl": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/08/openai-confidentially-files-for-ipo-prepping-wall-street-for-ai-debut.html",
        "lockupEnd": null
      },
      "updatedAt": "2026-10-24T20:22:59.900Z"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "count": 12,
    "stages": {
      "rumored": 3,
      "confidential": 6,
      "public_filing": 3,
      "priced": 0
    },
    "lang": "en",
    "note": "Reported valuations (latest round, press estimates or indicative secondary prices), not market prices. Each figure has its date and source. Information only, not investment advice.",
    "attribution": {
      "text": "Data: Unicorn Watch",
      "url": "https://watch.unicorn-club.com/?src=data-api"
    }
  }
}

Call it from your code

# curl
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" "https://data.unicornprivate.com/v1/ipo/pipeline?lang=en"

// JavaScript
const res = await fetch("https://data.unicornprivate.com/v1/ipo/pipeline?lang=en", { headers: { Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_KEY" } });
const { data, meta } = await res.json();

# Python
import requests
data = requests.get("https://data.unicornprivate.com/v1/ipo/pipeline?lang=en", headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_KEY"}, timeout=10).json()["data"]

Replace YOUR_KEY with the API key from your dashboard. Full reference in the API docs. /docs · OpenAPI 3.1

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