OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on IPO plans: Zero per cent excited to lead a public company

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has declared zero interest in leading a publicly traded company. These claims come despite Altman acknowledging that the ChatGPT maker will likely need to go public to secure capital and manage growth. Speaking on the “Big Technology Podcast,” Altman said: “Am I excited to be a public company CEO? 0%.” He also expressed mixed feelings about a potential initial public offering for OpenAI. “Am I excited for OpenAI to be a public company? In some ways, I am, and in some ways I think it’d be really annoying,” Altman noted.

The CEO acknowledged the practical realities pushing toward an eventual IPO but added that OpenAI needs a lot of capital and will “cross all of the shareholder limits and stuff at some point.”