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“An ill-advised moment to go public”: OpenAI eyes a $1.5tn private round

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“Right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public,” OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman told Fortune on 12 September. Now OpenAI is considering one more private funding round before its IPO, at a valuation of about $1.5tn. The New York Times reported the plan on 16 September, citing people famil…

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  1. 2026-09-16 15:29 · The Next Web
    “An ill-advised moment to go public”: OpenAI eyes a $1.5tn private round

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