OpenAI IPO plans and timeline
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OpenAI weighing funding round at over $1.2 trillion valuation
Sam Altman told Fortune that OpenAI will likely not go public until 2027.
Anthropic raised funds in May at a $965 billion valuation, including the new investment.
The talks were initiated by investors.
OpenAI investors approach company about new funding round
Sarah Friar told employees at an all-hands meeting that OpenAI will be a public company in 2027.
The Financial Times was first to report the potential funding round.
OpenAI confidentially filed its prospectus with the SEC in June.
“We still have an incredible balance sheet,”
OpenAI IPO will not happen in 2026, Sam Altman says
Sam Altman said OpenAI will not go public in 2026.
Sam Altman suggested OpenAI and other leading AI companies may be close to announcing an agreement to slow AI development.
Anthropic is expected to begin marketing its initial public offering in mid-October at the earliest.
OpenAI's Sam Altman says going public in 2026 would be ill-advised
Sam Altman said he would take actions to prevent building an AI beyond human control, even if it meant pausing training.
Sam Altman said it is 'absolutely' possible to build an AI beyond human control.
Sam Altman was interviewed by Fortune editor in chief Alyson Shontell.
“when we’re ready, which is when the business is ready, when we feel ready from what the moment is like in society with this technology.”