The artificial intelligence race is entering a new stage. OpenAIthe company that created ChatGPT, confidentially presented the necessary documentation to quote in bag in the United States, a move that makes it the third major company in the sector to prepare to debut in the financial markets. With this step, the firm led by Sam Altman joins a portfolio of initial public offerings (IPO) of AI companies that already accumulates a valuation close to US$3.6 trillion.
The company confirmed that it filed the documents with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, and works together with the banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley in a possible IPO that could take place as early as the fall of this year. Nevertheless, OpenAI He clarified that there is still no definitive date and that the schedule could be modified while internal evaluations continue.
Before reaching Wall Street, the company also plans to make a stock sale offer aimed at its employees. This operation seeks to provide liquidity to those who have participated in the growth of the company, allowing them to convert part of their shares into cash before the eventual opening to the public market.
OpenAI’s arrival on the stock market occurs amid a competition between the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies.
Currently, the sector is dominated by three giants: OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceX, the latter promoting a strategy that combines space, satellite and artificial intelligence businesses under the leadership of Elon Musk.
The figures reflect the magnitude of the phenomenon. SpaceX prepares for a offer initial public that would value the company at nearly US$1.8 billion, while Anthropic reached a valuation of US$965 billion in its most recent financing round. OpenAI, For its part, it reached a valuation of US$852,000 million after attracting US$122,000 million from investors in March of this year.
The announcement also marks a new chapter in the rivalry between Sam Altman and Elon Musk. Although both were involved in public and legal disputes regarding the direction of OpenAI, Now they could face a different scenario: the competition to attract investors and consolidate themselves as the most valuable companies in the new economy driven by artificial intelligence.
OpenAI was founded more than a decade ago, but achieved global recognition in late 2022 with the launch of ChatGPT. Since then, the company has become one of the symbols of the technological revolution based on generative AI. However, his leadership faces challenges. The company increasingly competes closely with Anthropic, chatbot developer Claude, and with Google, which has accelerated the development of its own artificial intelligence models.
Furthermore, American media have reported that OpenAI failed to meet some of its internal goals related to revenue and user growth. Added to this is the departure of several executives and a process of reorganization of its extensive product portfolio.
The AI stock market boom responds, to a large extent, to the need to finance gigantic investments. Companies in the sector compete to acquire specialized chips, build data centers and develop increasingly advanced systems.
AI seeks to dominate IPOs
The list of the biggest IPOs in history includes names like Alibaba, SoftBank, Agricultural Bank of China, ICBC, Visa, AIA Group and Facebooktoday Goal. The income of SpaceX and, eventually, OpenAI could reconfigure this ranking and confirm that artificial intelligence has become the main driver of investment and growth in global markets. With OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceX Moving towards Wall Street, investors will have the opportunity to bet on some of the companies that are leading the most important technological transformation.
