OpenAI launches personal AI agent Dots, Altman says IPO will come
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Altman calls Dots a premium product and says OpenAI will go public "at some point" but is being patient; CFO Sarah Friar says the company is "really well capitalized." Altman also says OpenAI wants to keep driving down the price of AI.
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