After SpaceX’s difficult launch, OpenAI is thinking about delaying its IPO until 2027
According to anonymous sources who talked to The New York Times. OpenAI is reportedly considering postponing its public debut from late this year to next year. Meanwhile, the public tech market is collapsing and Elon Musk’s SpaceX stock is declining after its record IPO.
According to the Times, which cited three people engaged in the negotiations. OpenAI hired bankers and attorneys who were thinking about an IPO as early as the third or fourth quarter of this year. CEO Sam Altman was pressuring them to reach a $1 trillion valuation.
According to the source, OpenAI’s advisors have cautioned the business over the past week that an IPO could not generate enough enthusiasm due to instability in the public tech market.
The most recent valuation of OpenAI is that. With a $21,000 million net loss and approximately $13,000 million in revenue last year. The corporation anticipates spending $600,000 million on hardware and computers through 2030. The business is also looking for new revenue streams. Testing with adverts within ChatGPT and e-commerce partnerships with Shopify and Stripe, and pulling back money-losing ventures, like its Sora video app, amid rising skepticism about whether AI companies can turn a profit.
OpenAI’s hesitation comes amid a crowded 2026 IPO pipeline that has attracted many of the most valuable private tech companies, including the company’s main rival, Anthropic, and SpaceX. Anthropic filed its confidential registration statement on June 1 for its public debut. Reportedly scheduled for late 2026, a week before OpenAI announced that it had filed its confidential registration statement. Anthropic raised funds at a valuation of $965,000 million in late May, surpassing OpenAI’s private valuation for the first time.
