Sam Altman is getting fed up with the haters, and he wishes OpenAI were public so they could put money behind their critiques.

The CEO quickly became defensive when Bg2 podcast host and Altimeter Capital founder Brad Gerstner asked about OpenAI’s reported $13 billion in revenue—a respectable revenue about equal to that of Dick’s Sporting Goods, but which pales in comparison to the $1.4 trillion OpenAI has committed to investing in computing infrastructure.

“First of all, we’re doing well more revenue than that. Second of all, Brad, if you want to sell your shares, I’ll find you a buyer,” Altman said. “I just — enough. I think there are a lot of people who would love to buy OpenAI shares.”

He predicted revenue will grow steeply, that ChatGPT will continue to grow, and that OpenAI

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