I thought it is against OpenAI interest to IPO, especially now that it has made a deal with the Pentagon. IPO would likely prevent the company from burning money at the current rate and pursue shorter terms profit.
It's not about OpenAI's interest, it is about the current stockholders' ability to divest OpenAI stock on people who don't know what the state of affairs in the AI domain is where OpenAI still has tremendous name recognition. If they don't IPO then they'll lose that window of opportunity, the stock market is super precarious right now and if it should tank the IPO window will close for a long time.
It's not about OpenAI's interest, it is about the current stockholders' ability to divest OpenAI stock on people who don't know what the state of affairs in the AI domain is where OpenAI still has tremendous name recognition. If they don't IPO then they'll lose that window of opportunity, the stock market is super precarious right now and if it should tank the IPO window will close for a long time.