Altman says OpenAI IPO delayed past 2027 over 'AI safety' — skeptics smell evasion of scrutiny
dbasch · x · 2026-09-13
Sam Altman said an OpenAI IPO would be "ill-timed" and won't happen before 2027, citing AI safety concerns. Commentator dbasch mocked the reasoning: going public now would be "very unsafe, yeah. Imagine if AI could scrutinize OpenAI's 10-Q statements" — implying safety is cover for avoiding financial scrutiny.
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