OpenAI preps for IPO by end of year, tells employees ChatGPT must be 'productivity tool'
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OpenAI has hired the former DocuSign CFO Cynthia Gaylor to run investor relations as the company gears up for a potential IPO.
OpenAI is focusing employee and investor attention on its enterprise business as the artificial intelligence startup gears up to go public, potentially by the end of the year, CNBC has learned.
Fidji Simo, OpenAI's CEO of Applications, held an all-hands meeting with staffers last week and said the company is committed to helping businesses, and is "orienting aggressively" towards high-productivity use cases.
OpenAI kickstarted the generative AI boom with the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, and the chatbot now supports more than 900 million weekly active users. But the company is still racing to grab market share, particularly in the enterprise, away from rivals like Google and Anthropic, which is also weighing an IPO.
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Social media firms need to use better age verification technologies to keep children off their platforms, the U.K.'s Information Commissioner's Office said.
China-based usage of OpenClaw has already topped that of the U.S., while driving demand for Chinese lower-cost AI models.
Google said its GFiber unit is combing with Astound Broadband and forming a independent fiber provider.
Amazon asked the FCC for a waiver or 24-month extension to meet a July 2026 deadline to deploy 1,600 internet satellites.
The next generation of Microsoft's video game hardware will first land in the hands of developers next year.
The UK-based startup hit a valuation of $75 billion in 2025 and is one of Europe's most valuable private tech companies.
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Microsoft threw its support behind Anthropic and advocated for a temporary restraining order to the Pentagon's supply chain risk designation.
Moltbook was built for OpenClaw agents, and OpenClaw's founder, Peter Steinberger, was hired by OpenAI.