Sam Altman says this is an ‘ill-advised’ time to IPO, given safety concerns0

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• September 13, 2026

Sam Altman says now is not a good time. In a Fortune interview that aired on Saturday, OpenAI’s CEO said that “given everything that’s happening with safety,” he doesn’t expect to take his company public this year. “Right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public,” he said. When Fortune’s editor in chief, Alyson