Every THE D[AI]LY BRIEF article on OpenAI IPO — enterprise AI analysis, benchmarks, vendor comparisons, and ROI frameworks for technology and business leaders. Updated as new coverage publishes.
OpenAI told investors its run rate was near $50B at the end of September, about $20B below the circulating figure. Anthropic books partner sales gross and OpenAI books them net, so compare the two on one basis.
October 11, 2026 · 8 min read
OpenAI and Anthropic are both racing toward IPOs near $1 trillion. In the past two weeks, the U.S. government pulled Anthropic's most powerful models offline, cleared one for roughly 100 vetted organizations, told OpenAI to phase its GPT-5.6 launch through a trusted-partner list, and 42 state attorneys general subpoenaed OpenAI. For enterprise leaders who build production systems on these models, the rules of access are changing in real time.
June 28, 2026 · 14 min read