Last updated Nov 29, 2025
Prediction
Chamath
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Chamath Palihapitiya expects that over time he will successfully launch SPACs/vehicles corresponding to his reserved IPO tickers from A through Z on the NYSE (i.e., complete the full IPOA–IPOZ series).
I reserved IPO A through Z on the NYSE. I, I hope, um, uh, to fulfill that. Um, and I think I willView on YouTube
Explanation

Chamath Palihapitiya said on the All-In Podcast in 2020 that he had reserved NYSE ticker symbols IPOA through IPOZ and hoped and expected to launch SPACs for all of them over time. (benzinga.com) In practice, the Social Capital Hedosophia IPO series only produced six SPACs: IPOA (Virgin Galactic), IPOB (Opendoor), IPOC (Clover Health), IPOD, IPOE (SoFi), and IPOF. Of these, IPOA, IPOB, IPOC, and IPOE completed mergers, while IPOD and IPOF were liquidated without deals in October 2022, with Palihapitiya explicitly deciding to wind them down and return capital to investors. (seglerconsulting.com) Subsequent retrospectives note that although he had reserved tickers up to IPOZ, the SPAC boom “ran out of steam before he got there” and no IPOG–IPOZ SPACs were ever launched. (nasdaq.com) By 2025, Palihapitiya had moved on to a different SPAC structure (American Exceptionalism Acquisition Corp. A, ticker AEXA) rather than continuing the IPO alphabet series, reinforcing that the original A–Z plan was abandoned. (en.wikipedia.org) As of November 29, 2025, the full IPOA–IPOZ sequence clearly has not been realized, so his expectation that he would ultimately fulfill it has proven incorrect.