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As Sam Altman pushes for IPO, the wheels are coming off OpenAI

Google makes its own hardware; Anthropic offers a service people need; and OpenAI? Well, they bought a news show to share their story they want it reported.

Jason Weisberger
Apr 09, 2026
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Sam Altman. Photo: jamesonwu1972 / Shutterstock

As Sam Altman races toward an IPO for OpenAI, the company is juggling executive exits, scrapped products, lawsuits, odd M&A activity, and a growing sense that the “inevitable future” narrative is starting to wobble under its own weight.

As a product. OpenAI is trapped between a far cheaper Gemini offering fr…

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