AI Judge changed title after evaluation, original title: "Sam Altman tells staff OpenAI plans to go public next year, but recursive self-improvement could delay it"
OpenAI is also preparing a GPT-5.5 upgrade codenamed 5.6
New: We got the memo OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and chief scientist Jakub Pachocki sent to staff earlier this week on IPO timing, the possibility of recursive self-improvement and OpenAI's upcoming model.
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/exclusive-openai-preps-new-ai-model-expects-go-public-within-next-year
Many users dismissed OpenAI's IPO timeline memo and recursive self-improvement claims as exit liquidity plays and hype from an untrustworthy Sam Altman.
OpenAI appears to be preparing for a possible IPO within the next year, but Sam Altman is keeping the door open.
If recursive self-improvement starts looking real, staying private could become the smarter move.
At the same time, OpenAI’s enormous compute needs may push it toward public markets sooner, while the company is also preparing a new model, codenamed 5.6, described internally as a meaningful improvement over GPT-5.5.
via The Information
New: We got the memo OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and chief scientist Jakub Pachocki sent to staff earlier this week on IPO timing, the possibility of recursive self-improvement and OpenAI's upcoming model.
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/exclusive-openai-preps-new-ai-model-expects-go-public-within-next-year
The most significant part of this report to me was Sam Altman admitting OpenAI may be less than six months away from Recursive Self Improvement.
According to the report from The Information if OpenAI does hit RSI this year, then the IPO could be delayed. They quote Sam Altman as saying 'The faster the potential RSI takeoff looks like it could be, the more it could be advantageous to delay an IPO' because the 'technology and the world may change in surprising ways, and there might be good reasons to be a private company during that time.'
the permanent underclass is looking more and more like a real thing
Sam Altman: "If recursive self-improvement starts looking real, staying private could become the smarter move"
OpenAI appears to be preparing for a possible IPO within the next year, but Sam Altman is keeping the door open.
If recursive self-improvement starts looking real, staying private could become the smarter move.
At the same time, OpenAI’s enormous compute needs may push it toward public markets sooner, while the company is also preparing a new model, codenamed 5.6, described internally as a meaningful improvement over GPT-5.5.
via The Information
Tender info was reported yesterday in Axios Pro Rata
https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pro-rata-872245db-f151-4e7a-823b-76e87f8f435d
https://www.reuters.com/business/openai-expects-go-public-within-next-year-information-reports-2026-06-10/
The most significant part of this report to me was Sam Altman admitting OpenAI may be less than six months away from Recursive Self Improvement.
According to the report from The Information if OpenAI does hit RSI this year, then the IPO could be delayed. They quote Sam Altman as saying 'The faster the potential RSI takeoff looks like it could be, the more it could be advantageous to delay an IPO' because the 'technology and the world may change in surprising ways, and there might be good reasons to be a private company during that time.'
This is true from OpenAI's self-interested POV but the logic cuts the other way from the POV of limiting power concentration and distributing the benefits to ordinary investors.
we live in very strange times
@notjazii "This month"
@AndrewCurran_ it sure is amazing how openai always has leaks and press releases that happen to coincide with claims from other labs that come out first. 1000 batting average.
also a very good time for an excuse to delay the IPO which is what the CFO advised and was shot down on.
lucky.
The most significant part of this report to me was Sam Altman admitting OpenAI may be less than six months away from Recursive Self Improvement.
According to the report from The Information if OpenAI does hit RSI this year, then the IPO could be delayed. They quote Sam Altman as saying 'The faster the potential RSI takeoff looks like it could be, the more it could be advantageous to delay an IPO' because the 'technology and the world may change in surprising ways, and there might be good reasons to be a private company during that time.'
@kimmonismus the recursive improvement angle is actually the only good reason to delay an IPO
who wants quarterly pressure when agi might shift the whole board?
@kimmonismus this deserves saves for real
@AndrewCurran_ sam delaying IPO if RSI is imminent is a major positive update in favor of him for me, +1
Gotta love a company that files its S-1 and spends the next week of the news cycle trying to convince people it may not go public soon. (My guess, fwiw, is that they will.)
Exclusive: Altman told staff that rapid advances toward AI systems capable of creating new AI could be a reason to delay OpenAI’s IPO.
Read: https://thein.fo/4e0sMgj
@kimmonismus next year
so wen GPT 5.6?
@kimmonismus They will do IPO soon because the private capital is drying up.
@AndrewCurran_ lol no one believes Altman. Unless 5.6 can realistically challenge SOTA, which I doubt, they are racing towards exit liquidity.
Also for the open ai "save us Sam" crowd, language saying staying private is a slap in the face. Yank that ladder up
@gonlenidefi valid, however, got the feeling they need a reason for a delay because anthropic will do their IPO quicker than OAI
@Tony54381404 yes, i agree on that
@AndrewCurran_ Interesting to consider it within the context of Anthropic also pursuing their IPO.
@nrqa__ :)
@AndrewCurran_ Sam Altman is probably among the least trustful CEOs in the world. How does this company not realize that before an IPO? Does this board not do their job?
AI Judge changed title after evaluation, original title: "Sam Altman tells staff OpenAI plans to go public next year, but recursive self-improvement could delay it"
OpenAI is also preparing a GPT-5.5 upgrade codenamed 5.6
New: We got the memo OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and chief scientist Jakub Pachocki sent to staff earlier this week on IPO timing, the possibility of recursive self-improvement and OpenAI's upcoming model.
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/exclusive-openai-preps-new-ai-model-expects-go-public-within-next-year