OpenAI Shelves 2026 IPO: Why Altman Delayed the $1T Listing
Sam Altman confirms OpenAI won’t go public in 2026, calling an IPO ‘ill-advised’ as Anthropic picks Nasdaq and AI labs weigh a voluntary safety slowdown.
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OpenAI Files Confidential S-1; ~$1T IPO Eyed for Q4
OpenAI confidentially filed its S-1 around May 22, with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley leading a Q4 IPO targeting up to a $1 trillion cap.
Inside OpenAI’s Record $122B Fundraise and the Road to an IPO
OpenAI closed a record $122 billion funding round in March 2026 at an $852B valuation. Here’s what the deal structure, PBC conversion, and Microsoft renegotiation mean for capital markets.