OpenAI files for IPO as Sam Altman's Tools for Humanity reportedly conducts layoffs
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OpenAI has confidentially filed for an IPO, a potentially landmark public offering. Meanwhile, Sam Altman's other company, Tools for Humanity (known for its World identity verification project and orb device), is reportedly conducting layoffs due to revenue struggles, according to Business Insider. TechCrunch has reached out for confirmation.
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· 3 pulledOpenAI announced on Monday that it confidentially filed for an IPO, marking what could become the one of the defining public offerings of the decade.
And then there's OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's other company, Tools for Humanity, which is reportedly conducting layoffs, according to Business Insider.
You might know Tools for Humanity better through its verification project known as World — and its related device, a creepy silver orb tha
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