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OpenAI wraps $7B share sale ahead of potential IPO

22 points by kristianp ago | 3 comments

m101 |next [-]

This to me smells like OpenAI don’t trust the IPO price to hold 6 months before employees get liquidity, so they’re cashing them out early and will replace the capital with IPO capital.

blltprfmnk |root |parent [-]

Exactly. There was talk of similar dealings before the SpaceX IPO.

re-thc |previous [-]

IPO delayed? Options expiring?