{"id":1514132,"date":"2026-06-09T09:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T14:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?guid=01f724a893e5e10d9e161d8cc951d263"},"modified":"2026-06-09T11:37:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:37:22","slug":"openai-company-behind-chatgpt-files-for-ipo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1514132","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI, company behind ChatGPT, files for IPO"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/06\/5c268317c8ccfeec1e2f161ade3bd01f.jpg\" alt\/><figcaption>In this Nov. 16, 2023, file photo, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman looks on during the APEC CEO Summit at Moscone West in San Francisco. (Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images, FILE)<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>(NEW YORK) -- OpenAI, the artificial-intelligence company behind ChatGPT, announced Monday night it had filed confidentially for an initial public offering (IPO), setting up the firm to raise fresh funds as it competes with deep-pocketed tech giants in the fast-growing AI industry.<\/p><p>In a post on X, OpenAI said it had not determined when the company would begin listing on public markets.<\/p><p>\"We have not decided on timing yet; it may be a while because there are things we want to do that are likely easier as a private company. But it\u2019s a complicated set of tradeoffs and this gives us the option to go public sooner if that ends up being best,\" the company said.<\/p><p>The move would subject the privately held company to new scrutiny from public investors and regulators, as well as ongoing financial reporting requirements. OpenAI valued itself at $852 billion after a round of funding in March.<\/p><p><em>This story will be updated shortly.<\/em><\/p><p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this Nov. 16, 2023, file photo, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman looks on during the APEC CEO Summit at Moscone West in San Francisco. (Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images, FILE)(NEW YORK) &#8212; OpenAI, the artificial-intelligence company behind ChatGPT, announced Monda&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2130,"featured_media":1514135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/06\/5c268317c8ccfeec1e2f161ade3bd01f.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1450],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1514132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abc-business-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 12:17:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/06\/5c268317c8ccfeec1e2f161ade3bd01f.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1514132"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1514136,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514132\/revisions\/1514136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1514135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1514132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1514132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1514132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}