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Sam Altman rules out an OpenAI listing in 2026 and gives safety as the reason

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OpenAI will not go public this year, and Sam Altman says the reason is safety. “I would say not 2026,” he told Fortune in an interview at the company’s San Francisco headquarters on Friday. “Given everything happening with safety, right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public.” The intervie…

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  1. 2026-09-13 15:54 · The Next Web
    Sam Altman rules out an OpenAI listing in 2026 and gives safety as the reason

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