Sarah Friar says OpenAI will go public by 2027, possibly sooner.
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OpenAI's CFO announced at an all‑hands meeting that the company aims to go public by 2027, with the timeline potentially accelerating if its business growth continues.
OpenAI’s chief financial officer, Sarah Friar, told staff at an all‑hands meeting on Wednesday that the company plans to become a public‑market entity by 2027 – and could accelerate that timetable if “our business continues to inflect.” The remark, reported by CNBC and echoed by PYMNTS, was accompanied by internal slides showing a 35 % rise in the annualised revenue run‑rate and a 50 % jump in enterprise revenue run‑rate for the current quarter, alongside strong performance from the firm’s AI‑coding and work‑product tools.
The announcement marks the first explicit timeline for an IPO from the AI lab that has dominated the generative‑AI landscape since its 2015 founding. Going public would give investors a direct stake in a business that now commands a multi‑billion‑dollar valuation, while also subjecting the company to the disclosure and governance standards of listed firms. For a sector still grappling with regulatory scrutiny and questions over data safety, an OpenAI listing could set precedents on how AI‑driven revenue streams are reported and how risk‑mitigation practices, such as the private‑safety‑processing system the firm is testing, are overseen.
The news follows recent internal updates that annualised revenue in July exceeded the entire second‑quarter total, and builds on earlier coverage of OpenAI’s mixed sales growth and its expanding ad‑pilot across Europe. It also signals confidence from the leadership team, which has been navigating product roll‑outs, safety initiatives and market‑share battles with rivals such as Anthropic.
What to watch next are the concrete steps toward an IPO: any filing of a registration statement, the timing of a roadshow, and the valuation range the company will target. Market analysts will also be keen on how OpenAI’s revenue trajectory evolves, especially in enterprise and developer‑focused segments, and whether regulatory bodies in the U.S. and Europe raise new hurdles for a public AI powerhouse.
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