OpenAI files for IPO as race for AI trillions intensifies

Nbcwashington · Jun 08, 2026 · 235 words · By Steve Kopack; NBC News

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What to know about OpenAI files for IPO as race for AI trillions intensifies

OpenAI announced Monday afternoon that it has filed for an initial public offering of stock, just a week after its chief rival, Anthropic did the same.

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What happened

OpenAI announced Monday afternoon that it has filed for an initial public offering of stock, just a week after its chief rival, Anthropic did the same.

Why it matters

“We recently submitted a confidential S-1,” the ChatGPT maker said in a post on X, referring to the formal name of the filing.

Common ground

“We have not decided on timing yet; it may be a while because there are things we want to do that are likely easier as a private company.” Stream NBC4 newscasts for free right here, right now.

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Claim 1: “On June 1, OpenAI’s primary rival Anthropic also filed for a public stock offering.”

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Three independent web sources (AOL, Medium, and a specialized AI news source) explicitly state that Anthropic filed for an IPO on June 1, 2026.

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web search NEUTRAL — On June 1, the AI start-up Anthropic filed confidentially with the SEC to go public. Most investors won't be able to own shares before it goes public, but the KraneShares Artificial Intelligence and T…
https://www.aol.com/articles/anthropic-filed-confidential-1-…

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web search NEUTRAL — On June 1, 2026, Anthropic quietly submitted a confidential S-1 to the SEC.Anthropic filed first. It filed at a higher valuation. It is closer to profitability. Its governance structure is designed to…
https://medium.com/@InkOfCode/anthropic-filed-for-ipo-at-965…

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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic's June 1 IPO Filing Puts Claude in Public View.On June 1, 2026, Anthropic said it confidentially submitted a draft Form S-1 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed init…
https://nerova.ai/local-ai-services/anthropic-files-for-ipo-…

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Claim 2: “SpaceX’s trillion-dollar offering, which is set for Friday.”

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The provided evidence for SpaceX consists of general Wikipedia and company descriptions; none of the sources mention a trillion-dollar IPO scheduled for Friday.

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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX

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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 10, 2026 · SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people t…
https://www.spacex.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to l…
https://www.spacex.com/launches

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Claim 3: “its chief rival, Anthropic did the same”

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Multiple independent sources (CNBC, Al Jazeera, BBC News) confirm that Anthropic has confidentially filed for an IPO.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Anthropic confidentially filed for an IPO on June 1
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/02/microsoft-unveils-new-ai-mod…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Artificial intelligence (AI) giant Anthropic has confidentially filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/6/1/ai-giant-anthropi…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — The company behind chatbot Claude said on Monday it had filed paperwork with the US authorities in order to make an initial public offering (IPO) this year.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0k203kzp10o?at_medium=RSS…

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Claim 4: “OpenAI announced Monday afternoon that it has filed for an initial public offering of stock”

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Multiple independent news sources (CNBC, NY Post, Flipboard, The Hindu/Reuters) report that OpenAI is preparing to or has filed for an IPO.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — OpenAI is set to confidentially file for an IPO as soon as Friday
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/20/openai-takes-the-lead-in-ai-…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — OpenAI is preparing to file for an initial public offering in the coming days or weeks
https://nypost.com/2026/05/20/business/sam-altmans-openai-pr…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, is preparing to file for an initial public offering in the coming days or weeks, according to a report Wednesday by The Wall Street Journal.
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/samsung-averts-a-walkout-wi…

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Claim 5: “it raised a fresh $122 billion in cash”

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Multiple web search results (CNBC, Reddit, and a general news result) confirm that OpenAI raised $122 billion in March 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The American artificial intelligence (AI) organization OpenAI has released a variety of products and applications since its founding in 2015.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Products_and_applications_of_O…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Codex is an AI coding agent developed by OpenAI for software engineering tasks such as writing code and fixing bugs, released in April 2025 as Codex CLI. Codex is available through ChatGPT's web app, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI_Codex_(AI_agent)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — OpenAI is an American artificial intelligence (AI) research organization headquartered in San Francisco, consisting of OpenAI Group PBC, a for-profit public benefit corporation (PBC), partially contro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI

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Claim 6: ““We recently submitted a confidential S-1,” the ChatGPT maker said in a post on X”

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The provided web search results for this claim are general descriptions of OpenAI and do not contain any mention of a post on X regarding a confidential S-1 filing.

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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI is an American artificial intelligence (AI) research organization headquartered in San Francisco, consisting of OpenAI Group PBC, a for-profit public benefit corporation (PBC), partially contro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI

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web search NEUTRAL — We believe our research will eventually lead to artificial general intelligence, a system that can solve human-level problems. Building safe and beneficial AGI is our mission.
https://openai.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company. OpenAI's mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. We are an unofficial community. OpenAI makes ChatGPT, GPT-…
https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/

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Claim 7: “That startup was worth $952 billion in its most recent funding round.”

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The claim states a valuation of $952 billion, but multiple sources (AOL, Medium, Gate Learn, and Anthropic Statistics 2026) explicitly state the valuation was $965 billion.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Claude is a series of large language models developed by American software company Anthropic. Named after mathematician and scientist Claude Shannon, Claude was released as an AI-based chatbot in Marc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_(AI)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since January 2026, the United States Department of Defense has conflicted with the artificial intelligence company Anthropic over the use of its products for military purposes and mass domestic surve…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic–United_States_Depart…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anthropic, PBC is an American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California, founded with the goal of promoting AI safety. Its flagship product is …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic

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Claim 8: “In March, OpenAI’s valuation soared to $852 billion”

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Both NBC Washington and NY Post report the valuation of $852 billion in March, and this is further supported by CNBC web results.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sora was a text-to-video model and social media app developed by OpenAI. Using artificial intelligence, the model generated short video clips based on prompts, and could also extend existing short vid…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sora_(text-to-video_model)

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Claim 9: “Elon Musk’s rocket company is also heavily involved in artificial intelligence, through its xAI business.”

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Multiple sources (Orbital, Hindustan Times, and a guide on investing in xAI) confirm that SpaceX is involved in AI through xAI and that there was a corporate convergence in February 2026.

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web search NEUTRAL — SpaceX has also expanded into artificial intelligence through xAI.A recent deal involving Anthropic could improve xAI's business outlook. However, it is unclear how much that deal will help in the lon…
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/investing-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Executive Summary The convergence of SpaceX and xAI into a single corporate architecture in February 2026 marks one of the most consequential industrial consolidations of the twenty-first century.
https://www.faf.ae/home/2026/4/28/spacex-and-xai-the-archite…

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web search NEUTRAL — xAI is Elon Musk's artificial intelligence lab. It was built to compete directly with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google's Gemini.SpaceX is a private company, which means it doesn't have a stock symbol or …
https://stockanalysis.com/article/invest-in-xai-stock/

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