{
  "id": 2034243,
  "title": "OpenAI CFO Tells Employees Public Debut Coming by 2027",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/openai-cfo-tells-employees-public-debut-coming-by-2027",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-19T22:45:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PYMNTS",
    "slug": "pymnts",
    "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/openai-cfo-tells-employees-public-debut-coming-by-2027/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "OpenAI's Chief Financial Officer, Sarah Friar, informed employees during an all-hands meeting that the company plans to become a public entity by 2027, if not earlier, CNBC reported. Friar suggested that if OpenAI's business continues to grow rapidly, the public debut could happen sooner this year. She emphasized that there is no need to be concerned if Anthropic, OpenAI's main competitor, goes public first, as both companies are pursuing their own paths, according to the report. OpenAI's revenue growth rate reached 35% this quarter, enterprise revenue run rate increased by 50%, and its AI coding and work product had 20 million weekly active users, the report added. Both OpenAI and Anthropic have submitted confidential paperwork to the Securities and Exchange Commission for a potential public offering. Anthropic is reportedly expected to go public as early as this fall, while OpenAI submitted a confidential S-1 registration statement in June, but has not yet decided on the timing, according to the report. OpenAI's revenue grew by 18% and reached $6.7 billion in the second quarter, while Anthropic's revenue more than doubled and hit $11.6 billion, with Anthropic's Claude Code tool continuing to perform well, the report noted. OpenAI also announced a two-week pause in reinforcement learning training on models intended for deployment, as the company works to strengthen its research environments and expand monitoring coverage, per the report.",
  "summary": "OpenAI “will be a public company in 2027,” if not sooner, Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar told employees Wednesday (Aug. 19) during an all-hands meeting, CNBC reported, citing unnamed sources. Friar said OpenAI could make its public debut this year if “our business continues to inflect,” Friar said, according to the report. She also told […] The post OpenAI CFO Tells Employees Public Debut…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}