This post is part of our special coverage Syria Protests 2011OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam AltmannSam AltmanThis Friday, an interview with Fortune magazine confirmed that the company would not be in this yearListing.
Ortman points out that OpenAI is not in a hurry to advance IPO. Based on what is happening in the field of artificial intelligence security, he believes that listing this year is not a wise choice and that OpenAI has no pressure to do so。
He added that OpenAI would choose to be listed when business and company were ready and socially appropriate. When the moderator asked if the company would be preparing for IPO in 2027, Altmann replied:I'll say no. 2026I don't know. Yes, we have a lot of work to do, such as responding to the current security situation and thinking about how we can work with the whole industry and the government.”
In June this year, The New York Times reported thatOpenAI tends to postpone this year's IPO until next yearAt that time, the company ' s valuation could reach $1 trillion (note: the current exchange rate is about RMB 6.73 trillion)。
The media believed that OpenAI's delay in listing was due to SpaceX. The Ellon Mask-led rocket and AI company initially financed $85 billion through the IPO (the current exchange rate is about VR 571,652 million) and the initial price on the market rose sharply, reaching one-eighth trillion dollars (the current exchange rate is about RMB 12.11 trillion) and then quickly fell。
In an interview with Ortman, it was suggested that OpenAI was likely to announce an agreement with other front-line AI to slow down AI development and work together to address growing security risks. He himself would be happy to postpone OpenAI's listing for safety reasons。
In addition, he saidWITH AI CAPABILITIES REACHING NEW HEIGHTS,OpenAI has considered suspending development frontier AIMORE TIME FOR SECURITY AND ALIGNMENT. HE BELIEVED THAT, IDEALLY, THE ENTIRE AI INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS GOVERNMENTS, SHOULD COOPERATE ON THE ISSUE。