18 August 2026
OpenAI CFO announces 2027 IPO target as Anthropic leads in quarterly revenue
First reported
CNBC ran this on , a day before the other 2 sources picked it up.
- OpenAI's CFO Sarah Friar told employees the company will go public in 2027, or sooner if growth accelerates, after confidentially filing IPO paperwork in June.
- Anthropic reported $11.6 billion in Q2 revenue compared to OpenAI's $6.7 billion, though OpenAI's revenue grew 35 percent this quarter after releasing a new model.
How it was covered
Reported by CNBC, The Decoder