A strong U.S. economy and lower interest rates could foster a surge in the number of initial public offerings in 2025, building on the recent momentum, a top executive at the New York Stock Exchange said on Wednesday.

The US companies have started planning for initial public offerings (IPOs) under the new administration, New York Stock Exchange President Lynn Martin revealed in a recent Bloomberg interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Mistral, the French AI lab, is working toward an initial public offering, co-founder and CEO Arthur Mensch said in an interview at Davos.

Smithfield Foods Inc. is offering Wall Street a seat at the table for potential growth in its packaged-meats business as the bacon and lunch-meat manufacturer set an estimated market capitalization of nearly $11 billion in its upcoming initial public offering.

Smithfield Foods began its roadshow on Tuesday for an underwritten initial public offering of 34,800,000 shares of its common stock. The initial public offering price is