AI safety now stands between OpenAI and a blockbuster IPO listing

OpenAI will not go public in 2026, according to chief executive Sam Altman. The delay puts safety, security and governance evidence at the centre of any future listing.

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has said the company will not pursue a public listing in 2026, arguing that unresolved artificial intelligence safety risks make an IPO ill-advised for now. The statement shifts attention from the possible size of a future flotation to the safeguards investors would expect before one.

OpenAI confidentially submitted a draft registration statement to US regulators in June, but that step did not commit the company to........

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