OpenAI CFO Holds Emergency All-Hands After Earnings Miss: Q3 ARR Up 35%, IPO by 2027 or Earlier

Facing dual pressures of only 18% revenue growth in Q2 and a string of executive departures, OpenAI's CFO unveiled the latest Q3 data at an all-hands meeting: overall ARR has grown 35% to date, enterprise ARR is up 50%, and she explicitly stated the company "will go public in 2027 or earlier." She also urged employees not to worry about Anthropic potentially beating them to an IPO, saying, "We're running our own race."