The announcement and the financial picture
OpenAI could be ready to list on the stock market in 2027. That was stated by co-founder and president Greg Brockman, speaking on Wednesday at a Wall Street Journal technology conference, as reported by TechCrunch. Asked whether the company would be ready for an IPO next year, Brockman replied: “I think so. Yes.” The executive added that the company had made clear over the course of the year that it wanted to go to market “when it feels the time is right” and that it had “great confidence” in the business’s performance.
The statement comes at a time when OpenAI claims a change of commercial pace. According to Brockman, in the third quarter annualized revenue grew 70% quarter over quarter, a result he attributed to the enterprise segment doubling. The president specified that the acceleration did not stem from an isolated event in the quarter but from the cumulative effect of investments made up to that point.
The enterprise overtake and the lag on agents
The most significant figure concerns revenue composition: most of OpenAI’s revenue now comes from the enterprise business, which previously accounted for about 30% of the total. Brockman was keen to rule out a decline in the consumer segment: the latter, he said, continues to grow, while it is the enterprise segment that has “determined the takeoff.” Among the clients cited is J.P. Morgan Chase, indicated as an example of the kind of agreements the company is now securing.
Brockman’s account of 2026 also includes admissions of difficulty. The first and second quarters were described as “rather tough,” and the executive acknowledged that OpenAI “wasn’t even in the conversation” on agentic coding, the area where Anthropic’s Claude Code product has gained market share. “We had Codex, but no one was talking about it,” Brockman said, explaining that the company continued to work without fanfare until execution.
On the commercial front, Brockman described how perceptions among customers had changed: a year ago OpenAI was seen mainly as a consumer company, and the enterprises contacted asked whether it was truly committed to the enterprise market. Today, according to the president, the situation is “very different.” The method he outlined consists of helping companies identify the most important goals achievable with AI, building trust, and proving itself a reliable long-term partner.
What remains to be verified
The available information consists of statements by an executive, not a formal listing announcement: no terms, valuation, transaction structure, or banks involved are indicated. 2027 should therefore be read as an indicative horizon and not as a binding date. The figures on 70% growth and the weight of enterprise also come from the same source and are not accompanied by absolute numbers or public financial documents. It also remains to be clarified how stable the enterprise overtake is and how much it depends on individual large contracts cited, such as the one with J.P. Morgan Chase. TechCrunch finally reports, in a list of related news, a Financial Times report that Anthropic is preparing to receive a very low credit rating after its IPO: a competitive context element not confirmed by the two companies.
