Sources: OpenAI leans toward holding off its IPO until 2027 after warnings that Sam Altman's desired $1T valuation may not be met in current market conditions (New York Times)

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OpenAI may delay its IPO to 2027 as market conditions challenge Sam Altman’s targeted $1T valuation.

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<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/technology/openai-ipo-artificial-intelligence.html"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260625/i46.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260625/p46#a260625p46" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/">New York Times</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/technology/openai-ipo-artificial-intelligence.html">Sources: OpenAI leans toward holding off its IPO until 2027 after warnings that Sam Altman's desired $1T valuation may not be met in current market conditions</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; The A.I. company's advisers are pushing its chief executive, Sam Altman, to move slowly after SpaceX's stock has been volatile &hellip; </p>