ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has filed confidentially for an initial public offering, the company announced Monday in a blog post. The filing comes a little more than a week after its main rival, Anthropic, also filed to go public, ramping up the race between the two AI firms. OpenAI, which was last valued at $852 billion post-money, submitted a draft registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed IPO. OpenAI hasn't shared any specifics yet. However, the company said it posted the blog because it expected a leak. '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,' the company wrote. 'But it's a complicated set of tradeoffs and this gives us the option to go public sooner if that ends up being best.' Around the same time, and in a separate blog post, OpenAI published a sweeping philosophical statement about its mission, its vision for AGI, and its belief that AI should...
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