OpenAI could go public before 2027 if business ‘continues to inflect,’ CFO Friar tells staff

OpenAI could pursue an initial public offering before 2027 if its business “continues to inflect,” according to comments attributed by CryptoRank to Chief Financial Officer Friar in remarks to staff. The report points to a potential public-market debut as OpenAI continues to expand its commercial operations around artificial intelligence products and services.

An IPO is the process through which a privately held company offers shares to public investors and becomes publicly traded. For OpenAI, any such move would be closely watched across the technology and AI sectors, where companies are competing to build and deploy large-scale generative AI systems for consumers, businesses, developers, and institutions.

The prospect remains conditional on the company’s business trajectory, based on the reported remarks. OpenAI is widely known as the developer of ChatGPT and other AI models, and its growth has made it a central company in the broader debate over AI investment, product adoption, safety, and governance.