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OpenAI Will Allocate IPO Shares to Retail Investors as it Preps for Debut, CFO Says
CRO Denise Dresser said enterprise is now 40% of the company's revenue and is set to equal consumer by the end of 2026.
TL;DR
- OpenAI plans to reserve shares for individual investors in its upcoming IPO.
- CFO Sarah Friar stated that retail investors showed strong demand in a recent funding round.
- The company aims for broad participation, drawing parallels to models used by Tesla and SpaceX.
- OpenAI recently raised three times its $1 billion target in its latest private placement.
- The company is in discussions about a public offering possibly as early as Q4.
- OpenAI was valued at $852 billion after its latest funding round.
- The company plans significant investments in compute power over the next five years.
- Enterprise revenue currently represents 40% of OpenAI's total revenue and is expected to reach 50% by the end of 2026.
- Codex has surpassed 3 million users.