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OpenAI’s Sam Altman says it would be ill-advised to go public in 2026

While OpenAI has filed confidentially for an IPO, the company will not be going public this year, according to CEO Sam Altman.

At a glance

  • techcrunch.com: OpenAI’s Sam Altman says it would be ill-advised to go public in 2026
  • theverge.com: Sam Altman says OpenAI going public in 2026 would be ‘ill-advised’
  • techmeme.com: Sam Altman confirms OpenAI won't go public this year saying "given everything happening with safety, right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public" (Jason Ma/Fortune)

The story

techcrunch.com: While OpenAI has filed confidentially for an IPO, the company will not be going public this year, according to CEO Sam Altman.

theverge.com: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed that there would be no OpenAI IPO in 2026 during an interview with Fortune. Over the course of 45 minutes, Altman discussed a variety of subjects including the Hugging Face hacking incident, recursive self-improvement, and the possibility of building an AI that was beyond human control. On the latter, he [ ]

techmeme.com: Jason Ma / Fortune : Sam Altman confirms OpenAI won't go public this year saying given everything happening with safety, right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public Wall Street will have to wait for one of the most highly anticipated initial public offerings as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed it will not happen in 2026.

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