The Information Exclusive: OpenAI Is Preparing a New AI Model and Sam Altman Expects the Company to Go Public Within the Next Year

The Information reported exclusively on June 10 that OpenAI is preparing a new AI model and that CEO Sam Altman has told employees the company expects to go public within the next year, though a 2027 delay remains possible. OpenAI has surpassed $25 billion in annualized revenue; the upcoming model follows GPT-5.5 Pro and Instant, which have been OpenAI's frontier releases since May 2026. The briefing appeared the same day OpenAI made a confidential S-1 submission to the SEC.