OpenAI's Valuation Could Skyrocket To $150B In New Fundraising, Positioning It Among The World's Most Valuable Startups: Report
OpenAI's Valuation Could Skyrocket To $150B In New Fundraising, Positioning It Among The World's Most Valuable Startups: Report
ChatGPT-parent OpenAI is reportedly in discussion to raise $6.5 billion in equity financing, which could bring its valuation to $150 billion.
chatgpt概念股的母公司OpenAI正据称正在讨论筹集65亿美元的股权融资,这可能会使其估值达到1500亿美元。
What Happened: The new valuation does not include the funds being raised. The round is expected to be led by Thrive Capital, reported Bloomberg.
最新估值不包括正在募集的资金。据彭博报道,这轮融资预计由领投方Thrive Capital带头。
Other potential investors include $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$, $Apple (AAPL.US)$, and $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$.
其他潜在投资者包括 $微软 (MSFT.US)$, $苹果 (AAPL.US)$和$英伟达 (NVDA.US)$.
Still, the valuation is a significant jump from the startup's $86 billion valuation from its tender offer earlier this year.
然而,这家初创公司的估值较今年早些时候的8,600亿美元,有了显著的增长。
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Microsoft has already invested about $13 billion in OpenAI, over which the tech giant also faced scrutiny from EU's antitrust regulators.
微软已经向OpenAI投资了约130亿美元,由此科技巨头还面临欧盟反垄断监管机构的审查。
OpenAI is also in talks to secure a $5 billion credit line from banks. However, the terms of these discussions could change, the report noted, citing a person familiar with the matter.
OpenAI还在与银行就获得50亿美元的信贷额度进行谈判。然而,这些讨论的条款可能会变化,报道援引一位熟悉情况的人士的话说。
Last month in an internal memo, OpenAI's CFO, Sarah Friar, said that the latest financing will be focused on supporting computing power and operational expenses.
上个月,在一份内部备忘录中,OpenAI的首席财务官Sarah Friar表示,最新的融资将重点支持计算能力和运营费用。
Why It Matters: Nowadays, OpenAI has been making headlines because of a high-profile copyright lawsuit, where the startup is making efforts to keep its co-founder Ilya Sutskever's files confidential.
为什么这很重要:如今,OpenAI因一起备受关注的版权诉讼而登上了头条新闻,其中这家初创公司正在努力保持其联合创始人Ilya Sutskever的文件的机密性。
The development came after lawyers of the Author's Guild said that certain files should be included in the discovery process.
在作家协会的律师表示某些文件应被列入发现程序之后,这一进展发生了。
On the other hand, Sutskever, who resigned from OpenAI in May 2024, has raised $1 billion for his AI startup, Safe Superintelligence.
另一方面,2024年5月辞去OpenAI职务的Sutskever为他的人工智能创业公司Safe Superintelligence筹集了10亿美元。
Meanwhile, earlier this month it was reported that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been working on gaining the U.S. government's support for his AI infrastructure project aimed at forming a global coalition to fund rapid AI development.
与此同时,本月早些时候有报道称OpenAI首席执行官Sam Altman一直在争取美国政府支持他的人工智能基础设施项目,旨在创建一个全球联盟来资助快速的人工智能发展。