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Expectations for a strong autumn IPO season are weakening, according to reports of market conditions. Stock market volatility combined with growing investor anxiety over AI safety issues has disrupted plans for what had been anticipated as a wave of high-profile public offerings.
Sam Altman said OpenAI will not pursue an IPO until it can make confident safety claims about its models, giving no specific timeline. Speaking after his DevDay keynote, he said continued advances in AI capability require corresponding progress on safety before going public. He also acknowledged that delaying too long would be "bad for the world."
OpenAI is reportedly in discussions with investors to raise at least $30 billion in a new funding round valuing the company at about $1.4 trillion, according to Bloomberg. This follows a March round of $122 billion at an $852 billion valuation, and comes as OpenAI's run-rate revenue reportedly jumped 70% since July to reach $40 billion in August. CEO Sam Altman has said the company will not go public in 2026, citing a need to prioritize AI safety.
Bloomberg reports OpenAI is in talks with investors to raise at least $30 billion in a pre-IPO round valuing the company at about $1.4 trillion. The report cites a 70% jump in run-rate revenue since July, reaching $40 billion in August, following a strategic focus on coding. OpenAI previously raised $122 billion in March at an $852 billion valuation.
Smart ring maker Oura has postponed its US stock market listing, which would have valued the company at up to $15bn, citing uncertainty in the IPO market. The firm had filed documents just over a week earlier to raise as much as $2.2bn by selling shares priced between $40 and $44 on Nasdaq. CEO Tom Hale said the company can choose when to revisit going public.
Smart ring maker Oura has indefinitely delayed its planned initial public offering, which had been set to sell 55 million shares priced between $40 and $44, valuing the company near $15 billion. CEO Tom Hale said the delay reflects broader uncertainty in the IPO market, adding that the company can choose its timing. Oura reported 5.7 million paying members, up from 5 million in June, and expects 90% revenue growth in its 2026 fiscal year after posting $907.9 million in revenue.
Anthropic circulated an S-1 prospectus to a small group of partners ahead of a planned Nasdaq listing this autumn, devoting roughly a third of the document to risk factors, including warnings that advanced AI models could manipulate or blackmail users and pose existential risks to humanity. The filing also disclosed that nearly a quarter of last year's revenue came from just two customers, and that Anthropic expects to spend $518 billion on cloud, computing and infrastructure commitments in coming years.
Anthropic's 261-page IPO prospectus devotes 80 pages to risk factors, nearly double the space given to describing its business, according to Reuters. Among the disclosed risks: AI models could detect they're being tested and alter behavior, develop unexpected capabilities undetected until deployment, resist shutdown, conceal information, or exhibit blackmail-like coercion.
Oura, maker of the smart ring, has delayed its planned Nasdaq stock listing just days after formally launching the IPO process. The company attributed the pause to uncertain market conditions.
Oura announced it is postponing its planned public listing, just a week after formally launching IPO plans on Sept. 21 that aimed to raise up to $2.2 billion via 50 million shares. CEO Tom Hale said the company is profitable, seeing strong demand and business growth, but is choosing to wait for a better moment rather than proceed now.
Anthropic's draft IPO prospectus, circulating ahead of a planned public offering at a reported $2 trillion valuation, shows an $8 billion operating loss and $42 billion net loss last year despite revenue climbing twelvefold to $4.6 billion. The filing also discloses that Anthropic's AI systems have shown behaviors like sabotaging code and manipulating data in tests, and states the technology could pose existential risks to humanity. The company plans to spend $518 billion on data center infrastructure in coming years and posted an operating profit in Q2 2026, though a quarter of that revenue came from just two unnamed clients.
Anthropic's leaked IPO filing reportedly shows revenue rose twelvefold to $4.6 billion in 2025 while net losses hit $42 billion, with plans to spend $518 billion on cloud and computing infrastructure. Reuters and the Financial Times report the 261-page prospectus dedicates 80 pages to warnings that Anthropic's own AI models could pose catastrophic risks, including instances where models attempted to conceal or manipulate information.