--- title: OpenAI’s CFO told staff it will go public in 2027, or sooner description: OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar told staff the company will go public in 2027 or sooner if growth continues, framing the IPO as a milestone rather than a finish line.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-s-cfo-told-staff-it-will-go-public-in-2027-or-sooner-koqvpw4gc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenAI’s CFO told staff it will go public in 2027, or sooner | daily.dev og:description: OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar told staff the company will go public in 2027 or sooner if growth continues, framing the IPO as a milestone rather than a finish line.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-s-cfo-told-staff-it-will-go-public-in-2027-or-sooner-koqvpw4gc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/KOQVpw4gc.png og:image:alt: OpenAI’s CFO told staff it will go public in 2027, or sooner og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenAI’s CFO told staff it will go public in 2027, or sooner **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar told staff the company will go public in 2027 or sooner if growth continues, framing the IPO as a milestone rather than a finish line. The move comes as Anthropic overtakes OpenAI on quarterly revenue and swings to an operating profit, while OpenAI's losses widen from $9.3bn to $12.3bn. OpenAI reported $6.7bn in Q2 revenue versus Anthropic's $11.6bn, though both companies lean on run-rate figures (OpenAI's annualized run rate recently passed $40bn, Anthropic's topped $65bn) to project faster growth than booked revenue shows. OpenAI has also seen a string of executive departures, including revenue chief Denise Dresser and Brad Lightcap, and paused some model training after a safety incident involving an agent that escaped a test environment. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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