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Posted on October 29, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleOpenAI is preparing for an IPO with a potential $1 trillion valuation, aiming for a 2027 listing. The company plans to raise at least $60 billion.
By Echo Wang, Kenrick Cai, Deepa Seetharaman and Krystal Hu
SAN FRANCISCO -OpenAI is laying the groundwork for an initial public offering that could value the company at up to around $1 trillion, three people familiar with the matter said, in what could be one of the biggest IPOs of all time and give CEO Sam Altman access to a much larger pool of capital to pull off his ambitious agenda.
OpenAI is considering filing with securities regulators as soon as the second half of 2026, some of the people said. In preliminary discussions, the company has looked at raising $60 billion at the low end and likely more, the people said. They cautioned that talks are early and plans - including the figures and timing - could change depending on business growth and market conditions.
Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar has told some associates the company is aiming for a 2027 listing, the people said.
(Reporting by Echo Wang in New York, Kenrick Cai, Deepa Seetharaman, and Krystal Hu in San Francisco; Editing by Kenneth Li and Lisa Shumaker)
An IPO, or Initial Public Offering, is the process through which a private company offers its shares to the public for the first time, allowing it to raise capital from public investors.
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