[UPDATE] Altman says OpenAI will not go public in 2026, citing an 'ill-advised' moment amid safety focus
In remarks published Saturday, Sam Altman said OpenAI would not IPO in 2026 as previously expected, calling it an ill-advised moment given safety concerns and denying any pressure to list. The comment lands alongside reporting that Anthropic had been eyeing a debut and complicates the 'AI IPO window opening' narrative that fed richer capital-markets expectations. It is context for names whose theses lean on an active AI listing pipeline rather than a direct catalyst for any single stock.