Openai talks to investors for sale of shares in estimated $ 500 billion

Openai is negotiating with investors for potential sale of shares with an estimate of approximately $ 500 billion, according to two sources with knowledge on the subject.

The talks are at an early stage and will include a secondary sale with shares sold by current and former employees, said people who wanted not to be indicated, as the discussions were confidential. Thrive Capital, an investor at Openai, can lead the potential circle, sources said.

Bloomberg first reports on recent conversations.

Openai’s assessment is in a continuous boom, as the launch of artificial intelligence started Chatgpt in late 2022 and quickly established itself as a leader in generative AI. The company has announced a $ 40 billion in funding Round in March to $ 300 billion, far the biggest amount ever raised by a private technology company.

Openai announced last week’s most recent $ 8.3 billion tranche Combined with this funding circle.

Openai released two Open -Weight Gentile Models On Tuesday for the first time since it unfolded GPT-2 In 2019, models are intended to serve as lower price options that developers And researchers can easily start and customize, Openai said.

The company said earlier this week that Chatgpt is about to hit 700 million weekly active users.

Open rival AnthropMeanwhile, negotiations to provide between $ 3 billion and $ 5 billion new funding led by Iconiq capital With a potential valuation of $ 170 billion, against $ 61.5 billion in March.

Earlier, CNBC reported that the annual recurrent Openai revenue was expected to reach $ 20 billion by the end of the year, compared to $ 10 billion in June.

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