Futures-options traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange's NYSE American (AMEX) in New York City, U.S., Sept. 8, 2026.

Stock futures fell Sunday night as investors monitored a major shakeup in the pipeline for artificial intelligence initial public offerings amid growing safety concerns, along with the latest oil moves.

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures slid 179 points points, or 0.4%. S&P 500 futures lost 0.6%, while Nasdaq-100 futures tumbled 1.2%.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in an interview published on Saturday that the AI startup would not go public this year. Altman said an IPO for the ChatGPT maker would now would be "ill-advised," just one month after OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar said it would go public by 2027 at the latest.

Dario Amodei, CEO of rival Anthropic, said in an essay on Saturday that AI companies need to slow the pace of innovation for their best models due to safety risks. Amodei told CBS News on Sunday that the "toughest dilemma" about such a proposal is what would happen if China did not do the same.

The AI boom has propelled the stock market to new heights and catalyzed a massive wave of corporate spending on technological infrastructure in recent years. However, this weekend's developments could indicate that the size of the positive impact to the public market expected through increased efficiency and a string of major IPOs could be less clear than previously believed.