NEW: OpenAI considered splitting itself up before its IPO, per WSJ. The plan was to spin off robotics and consumer hardware into separate companies, with their own fundraising paths. Hardware and robotics are expensive and slow to pay off, while software like ChatGPT makes money fast. Splitting them out would have made OpenAI look like a leaner, higher-margin AI company to public investors. However, the plan was killed after lawyers concluded the spinoffs would still show up on OpenAI's books. The IPO just got harder to sell.(Coin Bureau)