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Sam Altman Called Any OpenAI IPO Valuation Below $1 Trillion a "Nonstarter." Should Investors Prefer OpenAI or SpaceX?

OpenAI filed for an IPO this June.

Sam Altman Called Any OpenAI IPO Valuation Below $1 Trillion a "Nonstarter." Should Investors Prefer OpenAI or SpaceX?

Published July 5, 2026 · Category: Finance

Overview

Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, reportedly refuses to take the AI company public at any valuation below $1 trillion. There are already ways to invest indirectly in OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. But an IPO would finally give investors a chance to participate directly.

Why is Altman so adamant about bringing the company public with at least a $1 trillion valuation? He likely saw the success of Space Exploration Technologies' (NASDAQ: SPCX) IPO, which saw such heavy public demand that the company's market cap quickly soared to over $2 trillion.

Details

While many people still think of SpaceX as a rocket stock, more than 90% of the company's claimed total addressable market deals with a single opportunity: AI. So comparing OpenAI to SpaceX is more appropriate than many realize.

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Originally published at www.fool.com.

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