OpenAI wants to go public. First Sarah Friar needs to get it to grow up.

The chief financial officer is managing Sam Altman—and ambitions for one of the biggest IPOs ever.

The OpenAI Trial That Could Rewrite How AI Companies Are Built

The Musk v. Altman trial tests whether OpenAI’s for‑profit shift was legal — a ruling that could reshape how AI labs raise capital, structure governance and attract investors.
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Musk v. Altman week 1: Elon Musk says he was duped, warns AI could kill us all, and admits that xAI distills OpenAI’s models

Musk kept his cool, and OpenAI’s lawyer bulldozed him with piercing questions about his motivations for suing the company.

OpenAI trial recap: Musk concludes testimony, lawyers spar over second witness

Elon Musk sued OpenAI, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman in 2024, claiming they reneged on their promise to keep the artificial intelligence lab a nonprofit.

OpenAI Enables Marketing Cookies by Default for Free ChatGPT Users

ChatGPT’s new privacy policy states how the company uses cookies for tracking, to turn free users into paying subscribers.

Musk testifies for a second day in a suit that could change artificial intelligence

Elon Musk took the stand for a second day of testimony against OpenAI and its leaders in a lawsuit that could reshape the future of artificial intelligence, as the emerging technology has sent ripples through the economy and financial markets.

SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI Could Be Fast-Tracked Into the S&P 500 After Their IPOs. Here's How

"MegaCap IPOs have the potential to achieve immediate and material investor ownership, trading liquidity, and market relevance," S&P Dow Jones Indices said. It went on to say that the current index rules could "prevent such IPOs' timely index inclusion and impact the overall index's effectiveness as a benchmark."