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OpenAI Preps for IPO by Year-End, Tells Employees ChatGPT Must Be 'Productivity Tool'
OpenAI has hired the former DocuSign CFO Cynthia Gaylor to run investor relations as the company gears up for a potential IPO.

TL;DR
- OpenAI is focusing on its enterprise business and transforming ChatGPT into a productivity tool.
- The company is preparing for a potential IPO, possibly by the fourth quarter of this year.
- Fidji Simo, CEO of Applications, emphasized the need to convert users into high-compute users.
- OpenAI has hired former Block CAO Ajmere Dale and former DocuSign CFO Cynthia Gaylor to bolster its finance team.
- The company declared a 'code red' effort to improve ChatGPT amid competition from Google and Anthropic.
- OpenAI has outlined clearer spending targets, projecting roughly $600 billion in total compute spend by 2030.
- The company projects over $280 billion in total revenue for 2030, with nearly equal contributions from consumer and enterprise businesses.