Many fears of an AI bubble had hit a fever pitch at the start of this year when Chinese start-up DeepSeek released a competitive reasoning model.

OpenAI's CEO called AI both the most important technology in decades and an overhyped bubble — warning that some investors are bound to get burned

At least part of OpenAI’s path to funding the significant cost of AI development will likely include a public offering in the future, though Altman declined to give a specific timeline