OpenAI's CFO told employees the company is targeting an IPO in 2027 — or sooner

Sarah Friar told employees the listing could come earlier if the business continues to grow, and urged staff not to worry if rival Anthropic debuts first

Sarah Friar, CFO of OpenAI, appears on CNBC's Squawk Box on Aug. 20, 2025.CNBCOpenAI CFO Sarah Friar told employees during an all-hands meeting on Wednesday that the artificial intelligence lab "will be a public company in 2027," but that it could make its public market debut sooner if "our business continues to inflec

OpenAI’s representative at a tech programme told a teenage entrepreneur the company was offering to acquire his startup – but OpenAI has said it made no acquisitions.