TechCrunch and Fortune report that Sam Altman has ruled out an OpenAI IPO this year, telling Fortune in an interview published Saturday that going public now would be an "ill-advised" moment given safety concerns. That is a notable reversal in tone: CNBC reported last month that CFO Sara Friar told employees OpenAI would likely list in 2027 or sooner if the business kept inflecting. The timing is hard to separate from the rest of the weekend — Amodei's pacing essay landed the same day, and Altman endorsed it. What is worth watching is whether safety framing actually holds once Anthropic's own listing plans firm up, or whether this is a delay rather than a change of direction.