AI · AI today, November 5, 2026
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Greg Brockman says OpenAI could be ready to go public in 2027
· Aster editorial team
AI-generated imageOpenAI president Greg Brockman answered “I think so. Yes” when asked whether the company would be ready for an IPO next year. He spoke at a Wall Street Journal tech conference. He said the first and second quarters of 2026 were “pretty rough,” partly because OpenAI fell behind in AI coding tools. In the third quarter, its annualized revenue grew 70% from the previous quarter.
Why it matters
If OpenAI goes public, anyone could buy shares in the company behind ChatGPT, and it would have to publish its finances regularly. It also shows its business increasingly depends on companies, not just individual users.
For the technical crowd
According to Brockman, the enterprise business doubled and is now the majority of revenue, up from about 30%. He said OpenAI “wasn't even in the conversation” on agentic coding against Anthropic's Claude Code, even though it had Codex. He gave no specific IPO date.
· Source: TechCrunch
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