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Going public may no longer be necessary to raise very large amounts of capital; OpenAI raised a private round of approximately $120 billion to $130 billion.
Jamin Ball · Deep Dive: Anthropic S-1 Myths and Mythos — Jamin Ball, Altimeter · 7 Nov 2026
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“H- and, and so, like, I don't know if the argument necessarily holds, hey, you, if you wanna raise a lot of money, um, go public. I think OpenAI raised a round of, like, 120, 130 billion.”
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