{"id":13244,"date":"2026-06-08T22:31:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T22:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=13244"},"modified":"2026-06-08T22:31:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T22:31:58","slug":"openai-files-confidential-sec-paperwork-for-ipo-opening-the-door-to-a-wall-street-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=13244","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI files confidential SEC paperwork for IPO, opening the door to a Wall Street debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>By MATT O\u2019BRIEN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ChatGPT maker OpenAI filed preliminary paperwork that would open the door to it becoming a publicly traded company, making itself the third in a powerhouse trio of artificial intelligence companies racing to Wall Street debuts.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=13242\">Netanyahu and Trump are at odds over the war they started together<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The San Francisco-based company said Monday it has filed confidential paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect it to leak so we\u2019re just announcing it,\u201d the company said in a written statement. \u201cWe have not decided on timing yet; it may be a while because there are things we want to do that are likely easier as a private company. But it\u2019s a complicated set of tradeoffs and this gives us the option to go public sooner if that ends up being best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI\u2019s move follows its rival Anthropic\u2019s June 1 disclosure that it is also moving toward an initial public offering of shares. Both are now following Elon Musk\u2019s space company SpaceX, which has started an IPO roadshow pitching itself as an AI-focused space company.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI CEO Sam Altman first publicly floated the possibility of an IPO last fall, describing it as the \u201cmost likely path\u201d for the company given its size and the need for vast amounts of capital to advance its technology.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI began in 2015 as a nonprofit dedicated to developing AI for the common good and is now a company valued at $852 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=13240\">Pentagon labels tech giant Alibaba and electric car maker BYD as aiding Chinese military<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paving the way for going public was OpenAI\u2019s decision last year to reorganize its business structure and convert itself into a public benefit corporation even as it remains technically under the control of a nonprofit.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In an April interview, OpenAI\u2019s chief financial officer Sarah Friar declined to give a timeline for a potential IPO but said the company was already \u201cacting with the good hygiene of a public company,\u201d such as by measuring its revenue in the way a publicly traded firm would have to report earnings to the SEC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want us to be ready,\u201d she told The Associated Press. \u201cI think it\u2019s good to be able to tap the public markets. 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