Sam Altman: How OpenAI Wins, AI Buildout Logic, IPO in 2026?
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You know, that 1.4 trillion you mentioned, we'll spend it over a very long period of time. I wish we could do it faster. I think it would be great to just lay it out for everyone once and for all how those numbers are going to work. Exponential growth is usually very hard for people. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman joins us to talk about OpenAI's plan to win as the AI race tightens, how the infrastructure math makes sense, and when an OpenAI IPO might be coming.
And Sam is with us here in studio today. Sam, welcome to the show. Thanks for having me. So OpenAI is 10 years old. It's crazy to me.
ChatGPT is three, but the competition is intensifying. This place we're at OpenAI headquarters was in a code red, is in a code red after Gemini 3 came out. And everywhere you look, there are companies that are trying to take a little bit of OpenAI's advantage. And for the first time I can remember, it doesn't seem like this company has a clear lead. So I'm curious to hear your perspective on how OpenAI will emerge from this moment and win.
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