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Sharon AI’s Pre-IPO Investors Prepare for Discounted Shares Ahead of ASX Debut

Australian Financial Review

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Date Published
15 June 2026
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Created
15 June 2026, 06:00 am

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Sharon AI last week started collecting so-called conversion elections from fund managers who cut cheques for its $141 million pre-IPO round in December.

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This reporting tracks the financial restructuring and capital raising efforts of 'neocloud' provider Sharon AI as it seeks a secondary listing on the Australian Securities Exchange. While the company focuses on high-performance computing infrastructure necessary for AI training and deployment, the coverage is strictly financial and focused on investment terms and equity capital markets. It lacks substantive analysis of AI safety frameworks, catastrophic risk mitigation, or specific frontier model safety implications. The article is primarily relevant as a marker of the growing Australian investment appetite for AI-enabling infrastructure.

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TechnologyStreet TalkPrint articleSarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma RapaportJun 15, 2026 – 2.52pmA billion-dollar PIPE deal run by Goldman Sachs, revealed by Street Talk on Sunday, is the biggest item on Sharon AI boss James Manning’s to-do list this week.But the Nasdaq-listed neocloud has also quietly begun sprucing up the rest of its capital structure ahead of its ASX debut.Loading...Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones. Email Sarah at sarah.thompson@afr.comKanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column. Email Kanika at kanika.sood@afr.com.auEmma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review. Connect with Emma on Twitter. Email Emma at emma.rapaport@afr.comSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreStreet TalkCapital raisingData centresAIIPOSee all Street Talk