Live data from Hacker News

OpenAI Is Preparing to File for an IPO Soon

wsj.com

71–80 of 426 posts

Re: OpenAI Is Preparing to File for an IPO Soon

#73

How does a company even consider this while the CFO is privately saying the books / revenue accounting are not ready for public scrutiny? Edit: Or has so much somehow changed in two weeks that it’s no longer necessary to wait until next year?

> How does a company even consider this while the CFO is privately saying the books / revenue accounting are not ready for public scrutiny?

Perhaps they will just tell a lot of lies.

In the past people would generally avoid this when it came to stock market filings for fear of legal consequences, but the OpenAI C-Suite is already at least +$26 million to Trump and has plenty more to send his way if that doesn't cover it.

Crime is legal in 2026 (if you can afford the kickback fees).

Re: OpenAI Is Preparing to File for an IPO Soon

#75

How does a company even consider this while the CFO is privately saying the books / revenue accounting are not ready for public scrutiny? Edit: Or has so much somehow changed in two weeks that it’s no longer necessary to wait until next year?

These companies are burning enough cash that they will need to be public.

We’re about to have 3 of the worlds’s largest corporations be massively in the red.

Re: OpenAI Is Preparing to File for an IPO Soon

#76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think one of them is not like the other. I would invest in OpenAI or Anthropic or both but I doubt I'd invest in SpaceX.

Isn't SpaceX the only one of those that actually makes money?

seems unlikely as it owns twitter and grok, both being giant money sinks

Re: OpenAI Is Preparing to File for an IPO Soon

#78

What is the advice from the internet? Did you invest in Tesla and now invest in Open AI because who cares about ethics if you can make money? Anthropic has the obviously the better product and were seemingly ethically better until they burnt their developer goodwill and started accepting Musk infrastructure. But does having a better product actually translate to making more money? Should I just lay down and die becau…

>Anthropic has the obviously the better product

According to what metrics does Anthropic have the better product?

Post reply on HN