--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "d6b003b6ebfae6b242c374fc4f8170d2a3b05d2f8921996a7ef30c609a24c47d" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/d6b003b6?lang=en" title: "Sam Altman says OpenAI won’t go public until its models are safe" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-09-30T00:19:13.000Z" category: "Industry" topics: ["openai","safety"] source_urls: ["https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1002505/sam-altman-openai-ipo-devday-ai-safety"] summary: "For months, people have wondered when OpenAI will go public. CEO Sam Altman says it won't happen until the company can make better promises about model safety, with no firm timeline in sight. \"We intend to continue with AI progress … but as the models have had this surge forward in capability, and we see […]" --- # Sam Altman says OpenAI won’t go public until its models are safe > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-09-30T00:19:13.000Z **Category:** Industry **Topics:** openai, safety ## Summary For months, people have wondered when OpenAI will go public\. CEO Sam Altman says it won't happen until the company can make better promises about model safety, with no firm timeline in sight\. "We intend to continue with AI progress … but as the models have had this surge forward in capability, and we see \[…\] ## Sources - [Story source]()