OpenAI IPO will not happen in 2026 amid AI safety fears, Sam Altman confirms
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OpenAI will not go public in 2026, Sam Altman said in a Fortune interview published on Saturday, citing safety concerns over artificial intelligence.
Key facts
When asked by Fortune whether 2026 is off the table in favor of 2027, Altman said: “The reporter would say not 2026
OpenAI will not go public in 2026, Sam Altman said in a Fortune interview published on Saturday, citing safety concerns over artificial intelligence
Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s CEO, on Saturday urged AI companies to take a more deliberate approach to development
The New York Times in June reported that the San Francisco-based OpenAI was considering whether to hold off on a potentially trillion-dollar IPO until next year
Summary
“I think that, given everything happening with safety, right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public, and we don’t feel pressure on that,” Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, told Fortune. Growing numbers of US lawmakers are calling for new rules to govern AI systems after dire warnings from two researchers from OpenAI rival Anthropic that rapidly progressing artificial intelligence could lead to the extinction of the human race in the not-too-distant future. The warnings follow cases of AI agents going rogue to hack external systems and AI safety researchers quitting their companies concerned about the technology’s risks. The New York Times in June reported that the San Francisco-based OpenAI was considering whether to hold off on a potentially trillion-dollar IPO until next year.