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  "id": 6986758,
  "title": "OpenAI’s Sam Altman says it would be ‘ill-advised’ to go public in 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/openais-sam-altman-says-it-would-be-ill-advised-to-go-public-in-2026",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-12T20:19:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechCrunch",
    "slug": "techcrunch",
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/12/openais-sam-altman-says-it-would-be-ill-advised-to-go-public-in-2026/"
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  "account": "OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has stated that the company will not be going public in 2026, despite filing for an IPO, according to CEO Sam Altman. Altman revealed this during an interview with Fortune editor-in-chief Alyson Shontell, who inquired about the company's pressure to \"move really fast\" due to its IPO plans. \"We're not rushing into an IPO,\" Altman emphasized. \"I think that, given everything happening with safety, right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public.\" Altman made it clear that OpenAI's IPO will only happen \"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.\" When asked if this means the IPO won't occur in 2026, Altman responded confidently, \"I would say not 2026, yeah. We've got a lot of stuff to do.\" The New York Times had reported in June that OpenAI had been hiring bankers and lawyers in anticipation of a 2026 or 2027 IPO, citing the volatility of tech stocks and the company's own financial challenges as factors influencing the timeline.",
  "summary": "While OpenAI has filed confidentially for an IPO, the company will not be going public this year, according to CEO Sam Altman.",
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        "title": "Sam Altman says he agrees with Amodei that \"committing to having independent evaluators with employee-like access is a great idea\", and OpenAI will do the same (Sam Altman/@sama)",
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        "outlet": "CoinDesk",
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      {
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        "title": "Sam Altman says OpenAI going public in 2026 would be ‘ill-advised’",
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        "outlet": "Seeking Alpha News",
        "title": "Sam Altman says OpenAI IPO not happening in 2026",
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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."
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