Aster has introduced a new synthetic financial product, the OpenAI Pre-IPO perpetuals, allowing traders to speculate on OpenAI's market-implied price per share with up to 5x leverage. Traded under the ticker $OPENAI, these contracts do not confer voting rights or ownership of actual OpenAI shares. The market uses a theoretical model of 1 billion fully diluted shares to structure pricing, and traders can earn 1.2x bonus points on transactions until June 2, 23:59 UTC. The launch of $OPENAI perpetuals comes amid growing retail interest in closed-capital tech firms like OpenAI. Aster's product offers a speculative alternative to traditional investment methods, which often involve complex and costly brokerage structures. However, these contracts carry higher risks due to the lack of liquidity in the underlying asset. Aster reserves the right to adjust or settle the contracts if market conditions change significantly, especially if OpenAI delays or cancels its IPO.