SoftBank Secures Bigger OpenAI Stake With $1.5B Employee Share Buyout: Report
SoftBank Secures Bigger OpenAI Stake With $1.5B Employee Share Buyout: Report
OpenAI, backed by $13 billion in funding from investors includingOpenAI enables employees to sell up to $1.5 billion worth of shares in a tender offer led by SoftBank Group (OTC:SFTBY) (OTC:SFTBF).
OpenAI允许员工通过软银集团（场外交易：SFTBY）（场外交易：SFTBF）发起的招标要约出售高达15亿美元的股份。
What Happened: The transaction, set to close by Dec 24, allows SoftBank to deepen its stake in the AI leader while offering liquidity to current and former employees, reported CNBC, citing people familiar with the matter.
发生了什么：该交易预计将在12月24日完成，使软银能够加深其在人工智能领军企业的股份，同时为现任和前任员工提供流动性，CNBC援引知情人士报道。
The deal, priced at $210 per share, aligns with OpenAI's recent $157 billion valuation. SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son drove the move, following a $500 million investment in OpenAI's last funding round. This marks another step in Son's aggressive AI strategy, with SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 also backing startups like Glean and Perplexity.
该交易的价格为每股210美元，与OpenAI最近的1570亿美元估值相符。软银首席执行官孙正义推动了这一举措，此前在OpenAI的最后一轮融资中进行了50000万美元的投资。这标志着孙正义在激进人工智能策略中的又一步，软银的愿景基金2还支持了像Glean和Perplexity这样的初创企业。
OpenAI, backed by $13 billion in funding from investors including Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) and NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA), has emphasized the importance of such tender offers amid a dormant IPO market.
OpenAI获得了来自包括微软公司（纳斯达克：MSFT）和英伟达公司（纳斯达克：NVDA）在内的投资者的130亿美元融资，强调了在停滞的IPO市场中此类招标要约的重要性。
This initiative reflects the company's commitment to employee satisfaction and continued capital-raising to sustain its growth in the competitive generative AI market.
这一举措反映了公司对员工满意度的承诺，以及继续筹集资金以维持在竞争激烈的生成性人工智能市场中的增长。
SoftBank and OpenAI did not immediately respond to Benzinga's request for comment.
软银和OpenAI没有立即回应Benzinga的评论请求。
