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Editor-in-chief of Fortune, previously editor-in-chief of Business Insider.
Sam Altman told Fortune that OpenAI favours slowing the industry alongside four named rivals and will not go public this year. Dario Amodei says that coordinating a pause would in some cases require a government exemption.
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Altman told Fortune that OpenAI will not go public this year and that its backers were warned safety work could cost them. The coordinated slowdown he and Amodei want still needs an antitrust exemption to work.
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Sam Altman told Fortune that a listing now would be ill-advised while safety and alignment work is unfinished. More than $180 billion has gone into OpenAI, on Fortune's count, with no scheduled exit.
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The CEO told Fortune that a 2026 listing would be ill-advised given safety. The same 2027 timing was explained in June by valuation and by tech-stock volatility, so buyers now have three rationales and no date.
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Sam Altman told Fortune that OpenAI will not go public in 2026 and tied the timing to safety work and government coordination. He also said the company's structure exists so it can decide against shareholder interest.
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