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Sam Altman responds to calls for OpenAI to go public
CNBC Television· 2025-08-08 15:15
Look, I I totally get why people wish we were just a public company now. And I have very conflicted not but I have like negative feelings about how much growth happens in private markets and how you know not every investor gets access to this phase of growth. Whenever we do go public, if we ever go public, I I I think there will be tremendous upside left in front of the company.But I get I get why people would like love for us to be public or sooner. Uh and I'm sure people also get the reality of like we're ...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on path to profitability: Willing to run at a loss to focus on growth
CNBC Television· 2025-08-08 13:12
your company uh is reportedly now worth up to $500 billion dollars. Is that accurate in terms of uh >> I always think I'm not supposed to like comment on currently in flight stuff. >> Um well, let me ask you this.There is a a uh effort by Robin Hood and by the way others uh to try to sell your shares in a secondary market um sometimes people are tokenizing these these uh special purpose vehicles and other things like that. What do you make of what's happening. And do you do you think or want the public to b ...
Why I Like Being Public
Company Perspective on Public Listing - The company enjoys being a public entity [1][2] - Sees earnings calls as opportunities to connect with shareholders and retail investors [2] - Views earnings calls as a "postgame press conference" [2] Analogy to Sports - Draws a parallel between business performance and sports, specifically postgame press conferences [2][3] - Postgame press conferences are entertaining regardless of whether the team wins or loses [3] - Losing games can reveal internal issues or player shortcomings, which is also entertaining [4] - Poor performance is likened to being "railed by the press," a business equivalent [4]