OpenAI president says company may be ready for IPO in 2027
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On 6 November 2026, TechCrunch reported that OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman said at a Wall Street Journal tech conference that the company will be ready for an IPO by 2027, and answered "I think so" when asked whether it would be ready to list next year. He called the first and second quarters of 2026 "pretty rough" and said the company was "not even in the conversation" in agentic coding, while annualised revenue grew 70% quarter on quarter in the third quarter, the enterprise business doubled in size, and enterprise revenue now accounts for the bulk of total revenue, up from about 30% previously.
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- TechCrunch · AIOpenAI president Greg Brockman says company could be IPO ready in 2027
OpenAI president Greg Brockman says the company could be ready to go public in 2027, pointing to accelerating enterprise revenue and a turnaround in its business.
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