June 17 : SPACs are making a comeback. A flood of expected blockbuster IPOs this year is creating an opening for SPACs as smaller companies seek to capitalize on a favorable market without having to compete for investor attention against the likes of SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI. That is giving blank-check companies renewed footing after years of upheaval, with a more mature SPAC market emerging at a time when mega-IPOs are expected to command an outsized share of investor capital and attention,