Sam Altman is tired of the haters and wants OpenAI to go public so they can fund their criticism.
CEO quickly becomes defensive BG2 podcast Moderator Brad Gerstner, founder of Altimeter Capital, asked about OpenAI report $13 billion in revenue – That’s a lot of money, about the same as Dick’s Sporting Goods, but about the same as Dick’s Sporting Goods $1.4 trillion OpenAI Commit to investing in computing infrastructure.
“First of all, our revenue is much higher than that. Second of all, Brad, if you want to sell your stock, I’ll find a buyer for you,” Altman said. “I just — enough is enough. I think there are a lot of people willing to buy OpenAI stock.”
He predicts significant revenue growth, continued growth of ChatGPT, and the development of OpenAI Consumer Devices Business will take off.
“I think we could sell your stock or anybody else’s stock to the people who are making the most noise on this issue. twitterRegardless, it will be resolved soon,” Altman said.
Although not publicly traded, OpenAI’s long list of institutional backers hold private shares in the startup. That includes Gerstner’s Altimeter Capital, which invested an undisclosed amount in last year’s $6.6 billion round that valued the company at $157 billion. OpenAI is now worth $500 billion after a secondary stock sale last month to current and former employees.
Altman also said that he would “not many times” want OpenAI to become a public company, but he highlighted one particular benefit of publicly traded stock.
“The rare times it’s attractive are when people write these ridiculous ‘OpenAI is going out of business’ stuff. I’d love to tell them they could short the stock, and I’d love to see them get burned because of it,” he added.
OpenAI did not immediately respond wealthRequest for comment.
The OpenAI CEO is known for not backing down from conflict. Over the weekend, OpenAI co-founder Tesla CEO Elon Musk took photos Altman, claims he “stole a nonprofit.” ultraman responded”, “I helped you turn this dead thing into the largest nonprofit ever. “
Although Altman occasionally hopes that OpenAI will become publicly traded, the artificial intelligence giant has no clear timeline. The company is a non-profit organization, Reorganized into a for-profit organization Last week, the Public Benefit Corporation (PBC). The move will help it raise capital more easily and could pave the way for a future initial public offering.
Altman remains ambivalent about the potential timing of OpenAI’s IPO. Although there are reports that Reuters Last week, Altman claimed on a podcast that the company was preparing for an IPO in 2026 or 2027 at a valuation of up to $1 trillion, and reiterated that it had no specific plans at the moment.
However, he acknowledged that the idea is to eventually go public.
“I’m a realist. I think it will happen one day, but that’s — I don’t know why people write these reports,” Altman said of the Reuters report. “We don’t have a date in mind. We don’t have a board of directors deciding to do this or anything like that. I just assume it will eventually come to this.”