Berber jin / Wall Street Journal:
Sarah Friar, OpenAI’s chief financial officer, says an “IPO is not being considered at this time” and that OpenAI hopes the U.S. government could support funding for data center deals.— Sarah Friar says the AI giant could quickly break even and would like the government to provide support for investments in data centers.
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