Ahead of a potential IPO, OpenAI is allowing its current and former employees to sell a portion of their shares, based on a record valuation.
OpenAI has finalized a secondary sale of approximately $7 billion in shares, allowing current and former employees to sell part of their shares on the basis of $852 billion worth. This scheme, which has been in preparation since the closing of a 122 billion dollar financing round in March 2026, aims to provide liquidity to its employees before a possible introduction to the stock exchange.
Significantly, OpenAI financed the transaction from its own resources rather than using external investors to buy the securities. The company filed confidentially with the U.S. regulator as early as June 2026, but did not set a specific schedule for its effective market entry.
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