OpenAI IPO: Date, Status and What We Know
Filed confidentiallyUnited States
IPO facts
- Status
- Filed confidentially
- Market
- United States
- Country
- United States
- Exchange
- Not announced
- Ticker
- Not announced
- Sector
- Artificial intelligence
- Expected timing
- Not in 2026, according to CEO Sam Altman (fortune.com, 12 September 2026)
- First trading day
- Not announced
- Price range
- Not announced
- Offering size
- Not announced
- Last valuation
- USD 852 billionprivate funding round (post-money), 31 March 2026; source: openai.com
About OpenAI
OpenAI develops general-purpose AI models and products such as ChatGPT and Codex, and offers them to consumers, businesses and developers.
IPO notes
OpenAI announced on 8 June 2026 that it had recently submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 to the SEC on a confidential basis and had not decided on timing (openai.com). No public registration statement was found on sec.gov EDGAR as of 5 October 2026. In an interview published on 12 September 2026, CEO Sam Altman said the company would not go public in 2026 (fortune.com).
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Sources
- openai.com · Rule 135 announcement: confidential draft Form S-1 submitted ·
- fortune.com · Interview with the CEO on IPO timing ·
- openai.com · Funding round announcement ($852 billion post-money valuation) ·
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