BlockBeats News, June 2nd, according to CNBC, OpenAI founder Altman stated that he has "just heard" that competitor Anthropic has secretly submitted an IPO prospectus to the U.S. SEC, but he believes that there is no competition between AI companies for the title of "first AI company to go public."

Altman said: "I do think there is a competition around who can deliver the best technology and build the best business, but going public is just a financing event, and I don't think we are currently focused on the exact timing of that." He added that OpenAI will IPO when the time is right.