OpenAI valuation could hit $1.4T in new funding round: Report — SkimNews
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- OpenAI is in early discussions for a $30 billion funding round that could value the company at $1.4 trillion, roughly 64% higher than its $852 billion valuation in March when it raised $122 billion.
- OpenAI is pushing its long-awaited public market debut into 2027 at the earliest, with CEO Sam Altman saying earlier this month that going public in 2026 would be "ill-advised" given the company's focus on AI safety.
- OpenAI confidentially filed IPO paperwork with the US Securities and Exchange Commission in June, according to the report.
- Sam Altman addressed the United Nations Security Council earlier this month on the potential risks posed by increasingly powerful AI systems, framing the safety rationale for the delayed IPO.
- Anthropic, the developer behind Claude, is moving ahead with plans to go public this year in an IPO that could value the company at more than $2 trillion, potentially leapfrogging OpenAI to public markets.
- Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, reported Tuesday that investor demand is driving the talks, signaling appetite despite the company not yet being publicly traded.
Why it matters: OpenAI's $1.4 trillion pre-IPO valuation would place it among the world's most valuable companies before a single public share trades, and the 2027 timeline hands Anthropic — once framed as the underdog — a chance to reach a public listing first at a potentially higher $2 trillion-plus valuation.
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