No IPO plan in the short term, hoping for government guarantee in financing data centers? OpenAI CFO clarifies the AI bubble theory
Posted Time: 2025 November 6 14:28
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At the WSJ Tech Live conference on November 5th, OpenAI's Chief Financial Officer, Sarah Friar, stated explicitly that the company has no plans for an IPO in the short term, and hopes that the U.S. federal government can provide financing guarantee s
At the end of October this year, Reuters reported, citing sources with knowledge of the matter, that OpenAI is preparing for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) that could value the company at approximately $1 trillion. The company plans to raise a mini
This statement cooled market expectations that the artificial intelligence giant might go public in a record. At the same time, widespread discussions were triggered among netizens on social platform X. Some netizens bluntly said that OpenAI hopes th
In response to this, on November 6th, Sarah Friar said, I want to clarify what I said earlier. OpenAI is not seeking government guarantees for our infrastructure investment. I used the term 'backstop', which made things unclear. My point is that the
In an interview with WSJ, Sarah Friar also said that the market's concerns about a possible bubble in the AI sector are overstated, and more enthusiasm should be maintained for the potential of this technology.
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