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Elice's Seoul debut

Business · Heat 1.4 / 10 · 3 shows · 6m airtime

Elice, a South Korean data center firm, fell 32% in its Seoul market debut on October 20, the worst opening day for a sizable IPO in the country on record. The offering had been nearly 400 times oversubscribed before listing. The gap between that demand and the first-day selloff is the focus of the discussion, which reads the drop as a signal about the money flowing into AI infrastructure.

How 3 podcasts covered it

  1. Squawk Pod, 2026-10-20 (35:59 to 37:02)
    Reports the IPO plunge and oversubscription
    Reports Elise Group's 32% IPO plunge and the nearly 400-times oversubscribed filing, framing it as a pricing-timing failure after two weeks of AI angst. Also notes Amazon's $18 billion Germany investment.
    New angle: Elise Group fell 32% on debut after an offering nearly 400 times oversubscribed.
  2. Bloomberg Tech, 2026-10-20 (0:23 to 1:24)
    Frames the plunge as the day's market trigger
    Opens the show on Elice's 32% first-day plunge, framing it as the trigger for a neocloud-driven chip selloff that reversed by the close. The segment sets up the day's market story rather than adding detail beyond the debut itself.
    New angle: Elice fell 32% in its Seoul debut, the worst opening day for a sizable South Korean IPO on record.
  3. Bloomberg Tech, 2026-10-20 (1:13 to 4:01)
    Widens the debut into a neocloud selloff
    Elstrom walks through the Elice debut: priced at the top of the range, about $150 million raised, closed down 32%. He widens it into the neocloud loss of faith - Firmus pulling its IPO, CoreWeave's troubles, SB Energy's valuation cut, Nscale likely missing its target - and lands on execution and financing as the investor worry.
  4. Closing Bell, 2026-10-20 (12:33 to 13:57)
    Reports Elice's weak Seoul debut and the Kospi slide
    Reports the Elice debut from the Seoul desk: priced at the top of its range, raised $150 million, plunged on day one, and dragged the Kospi down roughly 40 percent since June with SK Hynix and Samsung selling off. It then widens to delayed AI listings and CoreWeave's bounce, staying inside the week's coverage.
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