OpenAI's Altman Rules Out IPO in 2026 in Fortune Interview

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said in an exclusive interview with Fortune on September 13 that OpenAI will not go public in 2026. During the roughly 45-minute interview, Altman also discussed the company's commercialization performance and computing capacity plans.

According to Bloomberg, OpenAI's revenue had exceeded $40 billion as of July 2026.

On compute, OpenAI told investors in April 2026 that it planned to secure 30 gigawatts of computing power by 2030. In August 2026, the company raised its compute spending expectation for the period through 2030 to $750 billion, up from $665 billion.