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So what is this fund?
And what are critics saying about this, Joe?
Joe Miller is a special correspondent for the FT.
You're most welcome.
OpenAI could file to go public as soon as this week, and the listing is expected to be worth over a trillion dollars.
That's according to people familiar with the matter.
They tell the FT that the company's chief executive, Sam Altman, has his eye on a potential September IPO.
Altman's been pushing the startup to go public before its main rival Anthropic does.
Anthropic's also planning to list as soon as this year.
OpenAI spent the past year clearing any hurdles that stood in the way of a public listing.
For example, it converted to a for-profit and in recent months cut back on costly, quote, side quests.
Plus, we told you this week that the company also won a long-running legal battle with Elon Musk, the world's richest man.
OpenAI declined to comment to the FT about the IPO filing.
Health authorities are scrambling to find a vaccine for the deadly Ebola outbreak in Africa.
The virus surfaced in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda at the end of April.
Here to discuss the latest is the FT Science Editor, Michael Peel.