Sam Altman says now is not a good time.
In a Fortune interview that aired on Saturday, OpenAI’s CEO said that “given everything that’s happening with safety,” he doesn’t expect to take his company public this year.
“Right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public,” he said.
When Fortune’s editor in chief, Alyson Shontell, asked if that meant Altman wouldn’t take OpenAI public in 2026 and 2027, Altman replied, “I would say not 2026.”
“We got a lot of stuff to do,” he added. “We need to be able to make decisions that are not obviously in the interest of our business and our shareholders.”
The date of OpenAI’s initial public offering, which is…
