Will OpenAI file for bankruptcy before September 30, 2027?
As of Sep 30, 2026, 9:42 PM ET, Manifold priced this market at 5.0% (little changed over 24 hours). It had Ṁ759.5 traded in the past 24 hours and Ṁ100 of order-book liquidity. probcast.co rates the support behind this price as moderate.
No meaningful repricing — the probability is steady.
The pricing has partial support: moderate trading volume.
How credible was the move?
Three separate questions — a move can be genuine while the latest price is still settling. Methodology →
Move validity
Is the move backed by real trading and depth?
ModerateThe pricing has partial support: moderate trading volume.
Consensus stability
Has the market settled at the new probability?
StableThe probability has held near its current level over the past several hours.
Contract clarity
Will the rules resolve without ambiguity?
HighThe resolution rules are relatively specific, with a named source and a defined deadline.
From the latest trade tape (most recent 200 prints) — a live activity sample, not a lifetime total.
What this market actually measures
Resolves YES if OpenAI (OpenAI Group PBC, OpenAI Inc, or successor) files for bankruptcy (Chapter 7 or Chapter 11 in the US, or an equivalent insolvency proceeding elsewhere) before September 30, 2027. Fire sales, acquisitions, restructurings, or down rounds that do not involve a formal insolvency filing resolve NO.
This summary shows the opening of the venue's official rules. ProbCast has not yet generated an independent plain-English interpretation for this contract — review the full rules before relying on it.
View full official resolution rules
Resolves YES if OpenAI (OpenAI Group PBC, OpenAI Inc, or successor) files for bankruptcy (Chapter 7 or Chapter 11 in the US, or an equivalent insolvency proceeding elsewhere) before September 30, 2027. Fire sales, acquisitions, restructurings, or down rounds that do not involve a formal insolvency filing resolve NO. The entity means the main company and its principal operating subsidiaries as of September 2026. Context: a friend claimed on September 13, 2026 that absent regulatory capture, OpenAI or Anthropic will go bankrupt within a year. I don't buy it. Making the market so we can bet on it.
What could move this market next?
- The market's deadline arrivesSeptember 30, 2027 at 7:59 PM ET
The contract must resolve based on what has happened by this date.
Derived from the contract's own mechanics as of Sep 30, 9:53 PM ET. ProbCast does not list scheduled meetings, announcements, or data releases it cannot verify.
Advanced analysis (experimental)
Research signals — these models are still accumulating the history needed for full validation, and they can disagree with the headline read. Model confidence: low · expected error ±15 pts.
What's happening
Thin book and/or wide spread. Small orders can move this price disproportionately, so any single print is noisy and easily overread.
- Thin book and/or wide spread.
Read with caution —Read the latest price with caution; conditions make it an unreliable summary right now.
More details — reliability score, dynamics, durability
- Illiquid / quiet99%
Short-term motion of the price line (~1h), distinct from the environment above — not a prediction of the final outcome.
Secondary read: leaning toward Stale price.
A read-only classification of the market environment — how much weight the current price deserves as a read of consensus. It describes conditions, never a trade.
Market data
24h volume
Ṁ759.5
Liquidity
Ṁ100
Total volume
Ṁ759.5
- Category
- AI / Tech
- Venue
- Manifold
- Open interest
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- Current probability
- 5.0%
- 7-day range
- 5.0% – 5.0%
- Resolves
- Sep 30, 2027