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SK Hynix is a Semiconductors company, based in Icheon, South Korea, founded 1983 by Chung Ju-yung. Market cap $868.51B (As of Sep 4, 2026, companiesmarketcap.com).
Recent changes
- Oct 5, 2026Oct 5, 2026US IPOs Raised $36.1B In Q3 Led By SK Hynix Pulse story
- Sep 4, 2026Sep 4, 2026First reported market cap: $868.51B companiesmarketcap.com
- Aug 13, 2026Aug 13, 2026SK Hynix Bets $720B on the World's Largest Memory Buildout Pulse story
- Aug 6, 2026Aug 6, 2026SK Hynix Plunges 10% in Asian Tech Selloff Pulse story
- Jul 31, 2026Jul 31, 2026Kospi Jumps a Record 18% as Samsung, SK Hynix Soar Pulse story
Earlier changes (9)
- Jul 28, 2026Jul 28, 2026SK Hynix, Samsung Plunge, Dragging US Chip Stocks Pulse story
- Jul 15, 2026Jul 15, 2026SK Hynix Leads an 8% Asia Tech Stock Rally Pulse story
- Jul 13, 2026Jul 13, 2026SK Hynix Begins Regular Nasdaq Trading as Ticker Flips to SKHY Pulse story
- Jul 13, 2026Jul 13, 2026SK Hynix's Pop Is a Preview of the OpenAI-Anthropic IPO Fight Pulse story
- Jul 10, 2026Jul 10, 2026Raised $26.5B TechCrunch
- Jul 10, 2026Jul 10, 2026SK Hynix Jumps 13% in Record $26.5B Nasdaq Debut Pulse story
- Jul 10, 2026Jul 10, 2026SK Hynix Raises $26.5B in Largest-Ever Foreign US IPO Pulse story
- May 28, 2026May 28, 2026Invested in Anthropic (Series H, $65B) TechCrunch
- Dec 31, 2025Dec 31, 2025First reported revenue: KRW97.15T ($68.1B) Xinhua
Funding History
1 event · sources dated per row| Date | Event | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2026 | funding round | $26.5B | — | TechCrunch |
Latest Pulse
- Oct 5, 2026US IPOs Raised $36.1B In Q3 Led By SK HynixUS IPOs raised $36.1 billion in the third quarter of 2026, with SK Hynix's mega-listing anchoring continued momentum in AI-linked public offerings.→
- Sep 22, 2026SanDisk, Micron Surge As Memory Crunch Hits Nasdaq HighSanDisk jumped more than 8% past $1,900 a share and Micron and SK Hynix also rallied as tight AI-driven memory chip supply pushed the Nasdaq Composite to a record close.→
- Sep 17, 2026Intel, AMD, Nvidia Rally As Chip Supply Squeeze Talk BuildsIntel jumped 7.7% and AMD 6.4% as reports of exploratory Intel-SK Hynix talks and warnings of a worsening memory shortage flipped a week of AI-spending anxiety into a chip-stock rally.→
- Sep 14, 2026Chips Sank And Hyperscalers Rose On Amodei's AI EssayMarkets repriced the AI trade along a single fault line after Dario Amodei's pacing essay: semiconductor names fell hard while Alphabet, Microsoft and Meta gained.→
- Sep 13, 2026Why The AI Bosses Started Warning About AIA cluster of safety warnings from the people running the largest AI labs arrived within days of each other, and the reasons are commercial, regulatory and technical at once rather than a single change of heart.→
- Sep 9, 2026Samsung Deepens Chip Ties With OpenAISamsung and OpenAI are expanding a partnership covering memory supply and foundry capacity for OpenAI's next-generation AI accelerator, code-named Habanero, as OpenAI tries to cut its dependence on Nvidia and TSMC.→
- Sep 7, 2026DRAM Prices Are the Quiet Tax on the AI BuildoutDRAM contract prices are forecast to rise 13% to 18% in the third quarter, a smaller jump than earlier in the AI buildout but still a persistent cost layer on every server, phone and PC shipped this year.→
- Aug 31, 2026TSMC's $64 Billion Bet and the Memory Bottleneck AheadTSMC raised its 2026 capital budget to as much as $64 billion on surging AI chip demand -- but the real constraint on 2027 AI hardware isn't fab capacity anymore, it's the memory that sits next to the chip.→
- Aug 28, 2026Nvidia Now Carries $366B in Future CommitmentsNvidia disclosed $366 billion of future commitments -- including $279 billion of supply and capacity, up from $119 billion -- while quarterly free cash flow fell from $48.5 billion to $21.3 billion.→
- Aug 24, 2026SEC Probes Situational Awareness Fund's Fire SaleThe SEC is investigating the near-collapse of Leopold Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness hedge fund, subpoenaing Wall Street banks over a forced discount sale of its stock portfolio to Citadel after leverage of up to 400% unwound.→
Coverage Timeline
newest first- Sep 22, 2026BIG TECHSanDisk, Micron Surge As Memory Crunch Hits Nasdaq HighSanDisk +8% to $1,900+→
- Sep 17, 2026AIIntel, AMD, Nvidia Rally As Chip Supply Squeeze Talk Builds→
- Aug 21, 2026FUNDINGSamsung Plans Up to $80B in Shareholder Returnsup to $80B→
- Aug 13, 2026BIG TECHSK Hynix Bets $720B on the World's Largest Memory Buildout$720B buildout→
- Aug 13, 2026BIG TECHKospi Roars Back Into Bull Market on Chip ReboundKospi +20%+ from July low→
- Aug 10, 2026BIG TECHSouth Korea Launches $3.52B Fund for Chip Supply Chain$3.52B fund→
- Aug 10, 2026BIG TECHNvidia and SK Hynix Expand Their $500B AI Memory Bet→
- Aug 6, 2026IPOSK Hynix Plunges 10% in Asian Tech Selloff→
- Aug 5, 2026IPOSoftBank Jumps as Asia Tech Tracks AI Rally→
- Jul 31, 2026BIG TECHKospi Jumps a Record 18% as Samsung, SK Hynix Soar+17.9%, record→
- Jul 30, 2026BIG TECHChip Rout Goes Global as Kioxia, SoftBank Slide in Asia→
- Jul 29, 2026BIG TECHChip Stocks Shed $1.5 Trillion in Two-Day Rout-$1.5T sector value→
- Jul 29, 2026BIG TECHSK Hynix Earnings Miss Deepens $1 Trillion Chip Rout→
- Jul 28, 2026IPOChina's CXMT Triples To $540B, Erasing Chip Rivals' Gains~$540B Market Cap→
- Jul 28, 2026BIG TECHSK Hynix, Samsung Plunge, Dragging US Chip Stocks-14.65% SK Hynix→
- Jul 27, 2026IPOMemory Stocks Slide As CXMT's IPO Rattles Market→
- Jul 24, 2026AISamsung, SK Hynix Ink Megadeals for AI Memory Chips→
- Jul 15, 2026BIG TECHSK Hynix Leads an 8% Asia Tech Stock Rally+8% on July 15→
- Jul 14, 2026IPOAnthropic's $965B Mark Meets the Physical-Infra IPO$965B valuation, $47B revenue→
- Jul 14, 2026IPOThe Software IPO Drought Behind 2026's Infra BoomInfra IPOs vs thin software pipeline→
- Jul 13, 2026IPOSK Hynix's Pop Is a Preview of the OpenAI-Anthropic IPO Fight$2T+ combined→
- Jul 13, 2026IPOSK Hynix Begins Regular Nasdaq Trading as Ticker Flips to SKHY$26.5B raised→
- Jul 10, 2026IPOSK Hynix Jumps 13% in Record $26.5B Nasdaq Debut$26.5B→
- Jul 10, 2026IPOSK Hynix Raises $26.5B in Largest-Ever Foreign US IPO$26.5B IPO→
- Jul 9, 2026IPOThis Week's Quiet IPO Calendar Is the Real Story→
- Jul 9, 2026IPOSK Hynix Prices $28B Nasdaq Offering, 7x Oversubscribed~$28-29B raise, priced ~$158/ADS→
- Jul 8, 2026IPOThe SPAC Pipeline Is Quietly Filling Back Up in 2026→
- Jul 7, 2026IPOSK Hynix Launches $28B Nasdaq Bookbuilding$28.13B target raise→
- Jul 6, 2026IPOSK Hynix Files for Record $29 Billion Nasdaq IPOUp to $29.4B raise, 177.9M ADSs→
- Jul 6, 2026IPOThe Quiet IPO Pipeline Building Beneath the Mega-Deals10+ new S-1/S-1A filings this week→
- Jul 6, 2026FUNDINGUS Investors Get Direct Access to Memory Maker SK HynixNew US access to top HBM supplier→
- Jul 6, 2026FUNDINGA Quiet Wave of Small-Cap S-1 Filings Builds Behind the Headlines7+ S-1/S-1A filings this week→
- Jul 5, 2026IPOSK Hynix Nears the Biggest ADR Listing Ever~$29.4B targeted raise→
- Jun 29, 2026BIG TECHSouth Korea's Chip Giants Pledge $550B-Plus to End 'RAMageddon'$550B+→
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BIG TECHSanDisk +8% to $1,900+
SanDisk, Micron Surge As Memory Crunch Hits Nasdaq High
SanDisk jumped more than 8% past $1,900 a share and Micron and SK Hynix also rallied as tight AI-driven memory chip supply pushed the Nasdaq Composite to a record close.
DEEP DIVE
Intel, AMD, Nvidia Rally As Chip Supply Squeeze Talk Builds
AI
Intel, AMD, Nvidia Rally As Chip Supply Squeeze Talk Builds
Intel jumped 7.7% and AMD 6.4% as reports of exploratory Intel-SK Hynix talks and warnings of a worsening memory shortage flipped a week of AI-spending anxiety into a chip-stock rally.
DEEP DIVE
Samsung Plans Up to $80B in Shareholder Returns
FUNDINGup to $80B
Samsung Plans Up to $80B in Shareholder Returns
Samsung Electronics is preparing a shareholder-return package worth up to $80B after SK Hynix's own buyback, as both Korean memory giants ride a chip-pricing surge driven by AI server demand.
DEEP DIVE
SK Hynix Bets $720B on the World's Largest Memory Buildout
BIG TECH$720B buildout
SK Hynix Bets $720B on the World's Largest Memory Buildout
SK Hynix is spending roughly $720 billion to triple its memory-chip capacity by 2034 via a new Yongin Cluster campus, betting the current AI memory shortage outlasts the industry's boom-and-bust cycle.
DEEP DIVE
Kospi Roars Back Into Bull Market on Chip Rebound
BIG TECHKospi +20%+ from July low
Kospi Roars Back Into Bull Market on Chip Rebound
South Korea's Kospi index climbed more than 20% from its July low to re-enter bull-market territory, driven by Samsung and SK Hynix shares recovering sharply after the same two chipmakers had driven 71% of the index's July losses.
FOLLOW-UP
South Korea Launches $3.52B Fund for Chip Supply Chain
BIG TECH$3.52B fund
South Korea Launches $3.52B Fund for Chip Supply Chain
South Korea launched a $3.52 billion semiconductor fund targeting chip materials, equipment and fabless firms, the anchor piece of a push expected to draw over $576 billion in Samsung- and SK Hynix-led private investment.
DEEP DIVE
Nvidia and SK Hynix Expand Their $500B AI Memory Bet
BIG TECH
Nvidia and SK Hynix Expand Their $500B AI Memory Bet
Nvidia and SK Group expanded a partnership both companies describe as worth more than $500 billion across AI factories and next-generation memory, centered on a long-term deal to co-develop HBM.
BRIEF
SK Hynix Plunges 10% in Asian Tech Selloff
IPO
SK Hynix Plunges 10% in Asian Tech Selloff
SK Hynix fell nearly 10% and Samsung dropped over 6% as Asian tech stocks tracked a Wall Street AI-name selloff, the second sharp chip-sector drop in the Korean chipmaker's shares in two weeks.
BRIEF
SoftBank Jumps as Asia Tech Tracks AI Rally
IPO
SoftBank Jumps as Asia Tech Tracks AI Rally
SoftBank shares surged more than 10% as Asian tech stocks tracked a strong Wall Street rally, with Arm's chip royalty optimism and gains at SK Hynix and Samsung all contributing.
Kospi Jumps a Record 18% as Samsung, SK Hynix Soar
BIG TECH+17.9%, record
Kospi Jumps a Record 18% as Samsung, SK Hynix Soar
South Korea's benchmark index posted its largest single-day gain on record after Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix surged on renewed confidence in AI-chip demand, following Microsoft's blowout cloud earnings.
Chip Rout Goes Global as Kioxia, SoftBank Slide in Asia
BIG TECH
Chip Rout Goes Global as Kioxia, SoftBank Slide in Asia
A third day of chip-stock selling spread to Asia, with Kioxia down nearly 8%, SoftBank off more than 6%, and Tokyo Electron down almost 5% after SK Hynix missed second-quarter estimates, even as Samsung posted a record quarter the same morning.
Chip Stocks Shed $1.5 Trillion in Two-Day Rout
BIG TECH-$1.5T sector value
Chip Stocks Shed $1.5 Trillion in Two-Day Rout
The semiconductor selloff deepened Wednesday as SK Hynix fell 14.7% and Samsung dropped 13.4%, extending a rout that has erased roughly $1.5 trillion in sector value since June 25 on fears that AI infrastructure spending is outrunning near-term demand.
SK Hynix Earnings Miss Deepens $1 Trillion Chip Rout
BIG TECH
SK Hynix Earnings Miss Deepens $1 Trillion Chip Rout
SK Hynix posted a record quarterly profit that still fell short of Wall Street's AI-fueled expectations, sending its stock down nearly 10% and extending a chip-sector selloff that has now wiped out more than $1 trillion in market value.
China's CXMT Triples To $540B, Erasing Chip Rivals' Gains
IPO~$540B Market Cap
China's CXMT Triples To $540B, Erasing Chip Rivals' Gains
ChangXin Memory Technologies surged more than 500% on its Shanghai STAR Market debut to roughly $540 billion, sending SanDisk down 12%, Micron down 5% and SK Hynix down 6-8% in the same session.
SK Hynix, Samsung Plunge, Dragging US Chip Stocks
BIG TECH-14.65% SK Hynix
SK Hynix, Samsung Plunge, Dragging US Chip Stocks
SK Hynix fell 14.65% and Samsung dropped more than 13% in Seoul trading Tuesday, with Kioxia down over 18%, as Goldman Sachs warnings on HBM memory pricing dragged Micron, AMD and Intel lower in the US.
Memory Stocks Slide As CXMT's IPO Rattles Market
IPO
Memory Stocks Slide As CXMT's IPO Rattles Market
Micron, SanDisk and SK Hynix shares all fell after CXMT's explosive Shanghai IPO debut intensified fears of a looming DRAM supply glut and price war.
Samsung, SK Hynix Ink Megadeals for AI Memory Chips
AI
Samsung, SK Hynix Ink Megadeals for AI Memory Chips
Samsung and SK Hynix are signing large, undisclosed long-term supply and investment agreements with U.S. tech firms for high-bandwidth memory chips, timed to a Silicon Valley AI summit.
SK Hynix Leads an 8% Asia Tech Stock Rally
BIG TECH+8% on July 15
SK Hynix Leads an 8% Asia Tech Stock Rally
SK Hynix shares jumped roughly 8% on July 15 as Asian tech stocks rallied broadly, extending the memory-chip maker's run since its record US listing earlier this year.
Anthropic's $965B Mark Meets the Physical-Infra IPO
IPO$965B valuation, $47B revenue
Anthropic's $965B Mark Meets the Physical-Infra IPO
Anthropic's confidential S-1 and $965 billion valuation sit against a backdrop where this year's actual IPO winners -- SK Hynix, Csquare, Standard Nuclear -- have all been physical infrastructure, not software-first AI labs.
The Software IPO Drought Behind 2026's Infra Boom
IPOInfra IPOs vs thin software pipeline
The Software IPO Drought Behind 2026's Infra Boom
SK Hynix, Csquare, Standard Nuclear and Meta's $50B Louisiana buildout keep winning capital while pure application-layer software IPOs stay scarce -- a gap that's now wide enough to be the real 2026 IPO story.
SK Hynix's Pop Is a Preview of the OpenAI-Anthropic IPO Fight
IPO$2T+ combined
SK Hynix's Pop Is a Preview of the OpenAI-Anthropic IPO Fight
SK Hynix's 13% first-day pop is the freshest data point ahead of a much bigger test: OpenAI and Anthropic are both racing toward IPOs that could value the two labs at a combined $2 trillion or more.
SK Hynix Begins Regular Nasdaq Trading as Ticker Flips to SKHY
IPO$26.5B raised
SK Hynix Begins Regular Nasdaq Trading as Ticker Flips to SKHY
SK Hynix's ADRs began trading under their permanent ticker SKHY on Monday, days after the memory-chip giant's $26.5 billion Nasdaq debut -- the largest-ever US listing by a non-American company -- popped 13% on its first day.
SK Hynix Jumps 13% in Record $26.5B Nasdaq Debut
IPO$26.5B
SK Hynix Jumps 13% in Record $26.5B Nasdaq Debut
SK Hynix's ADRs priced at $149 and closed up nearly 13% on their Nasdaq debut, raising $26.5 billion in the largest first-time U.S. listing by a foreign company on record.
SK Hynix Raises $26.5B in Largest-Ever Foreign US IPO
IPO$26.5B IPO
SK Hynix Raises $26.5B in Largest-Ever Foreign US IPO
SK Hynix priced 177.9 million ADRs at $149 each to raise $26.5 billion on Nasdaq, topping Alibaba's 2014 debut as the largest US listing ever by a foreign company, and popped 14% at the open.
This Week's Quiet IPO Calendar Is the Real Story
IPO
This Week's Quiet IPO Calendar Is the Real Story
Beyond SK Hynix's $28-29 billion Nasdaq debut, this week's US IPO calendar is nearly empty -- a sharp contrast to June's run of SpaceX, Cerebras and Lime, and a sign the pipeline is thinner than headline enthusiasm suggests.
SK Hynix Prices $28B Nasdaq Offering, 7x Oversubscribed
IPO~$28-29B raise, priced ~$158/ADS
SK Hynix Prices $28B Nasdaq Offering, 7x Oversubscribed
SK Hynix priced its Nasdaq ADS offering at roughly $158 per share on July 9 after a book that was reportedly oversubscribed 7 times, with trading set to begin July 10 under ticker SKHY.
The SPAC Pipeline Is Quietly Filling Back Up in 2026
IPO
The SPAC Pipeline Is Quietly Filling Back Up in 2026
A wave of small blank-check filings -- Southern Cross Acquisition II, OceanLight Acquisition and others -- is moving through the SEC this week, even as the large-cap IPO calendar stays nearly empty outside SK Hynix's Nasdaq debut.
SK Hynix Launches $28B Nasdaq Bookbuilding
IPO$28.13B target raise
SK Hynix Launches $28B Nasdaq Bookbuilding
SK Hynix kicked off bookbuilding for a $28.13 billion Nasdaq ADS offering, with cornerstone investors committing up to $7 billion even as its Seoul-listed shares slid 6.7% on dilution concerns.
SK Hynix Files for Record $29 Billion Nasdaq IPO
IPOUp to $29.4B raise, 177.9M ADSs
SK Hynix Files for Record $29 Billion Nasdaq IPO
SK Hynix, the world's second-largest memory chipmaker and a top supplier of AI-GPU memory to Nvidia, filed to list 177.9 million ADSs on Nasdaq under ticker SKHY, seeking up to $29.4 billion in one of the largest offerings on record.
The Quiet IPO Pipeline Building Beneath the Mega-Deals
IPO10+ new S-1/S-1A filings this week
The Quiet IPO Pipeline Building Beneath the Mega-Deals
A wave of new S-1 filings this week -- spanning cybersecurity, biotech, medical devices and SPAC vehicles -- shows a broader IPO pipeline building beneath the mega-cap headlines like Agility Robotics and SK Hynix.
US Investors Get Direct Access to Memory Maker SK Hynix
FUNDINGNew US access to top HBM supplier
US Investors Get Direct Access to Memory Maker SK Hynix
US investors will soon gain direct access to South Korea's SK Hynix, the world's largest HBM memory supplier for AI accelerators, as it pursues a US listing vehicle to ride the same AI memory boom lifting Samsung and Micron.
A Quiet Wave of Small-Cap S-1 Filings Builds Behind the Headlines
FUNDING7+ S-1/S-1A filings this week
A Quiet Wave of Small-Cap S-1 Filings Builds Behind the Headlines
A cluster of SEC S-1 and S-1/A filings this week -- spanning cybersecurity, healthtech and biotech -- shows a steady small-cap IPO pipeline building beneath the headline megadeals like Agility Robotics and SK Hynix.
SK Hynix Nears the Biggest ADR Listing Ever
IPO~$29.4B targeted raise
SK Hynix Nears the Biggest ADR Listing Ever
SK Hynix is on track for a tentative July 10 Nasdaq debut targeting roughly $29 billion, which would surpass Alibaba's 2014 New York listing as the largest ADR offering in market history.
South Korea's Chip Giants Pledge $550B-Plus to End 'RAMageddon'
BIG TECH$550B+
South Korea's Chip Giants Pledge $550B-Plus to End 'RAMageddon'
Samsung, SK Hynix and other South Korean firms committed well over $550 billion toward new memory fabs, HBM packaging and AI data centers to relieve the global memory shortage the industry has dubbed 'RAMageddon.' The plan includes roughly $518 billion for four new memory fabs in the country's southwest and $52 billion for an HBM packaging hub, a national-scale answer to AI's voracious appetite for DRAM.
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What is SK Hynix's market cap?
SK Hynix's market cap is $868.51B (As of Sep 4, 2026, companiesmarketcap.com).
Is SK Hynix publicly traded?
Yes. SK Hynix trades under the ticker SKHY, with a market cap of $868.51B (As of Sep 4, 2026).
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