$ 500 billion: OpenAI could become the company without more valued objections in the world

Valued at $ 300 billion, Operai could soon be worth much more. According to him New York TimesThe Chatgpt designer is in conversations to sell $ 6 billion in shares held by its old and current employees to investors. A transaction that would value it at around $ 500 billion. This would make Openai the company without the most valued ribbons in the world according to the data of the CB Insights firm, specialized in monitoring new companies.

But for the moment, discussions about this transaction are underway. As it was already evoked Bloomberg Two weeks ago, it would be a “sale in the secondary market” in the context of Operai employees would accept to sell the company’s shares in SoftBank, Thrive Capital and other investors. But the modalities could evolve.

Intensification of the career in AI

This is not the first time that the Japanese company Softbank helps OpenAi in terms of financing. In March, it was already one of the investors who concluded an agreement with the Chatgpt creator to raise 40 billion dollars, an amount to which he had contributed to 75%. This round table valued the company at $ 300 billion, compared to $ 157 billion last October. Keep in mind that SoftBank also works with OpenAI as part of the Stargate project. Announced in January by Donald Trump, it consists of the investment of at least $ 500 in AI infrastructure in the United States.

New York Times information is involved while AI’s career intensifies. Technological giants such as Meta, Google, Amazon, Microsoft but also Openai have spent thousands of millions to recruit researchers, particularly to advance this technology and build data centers and other infrastructure necessary for their development. Goal even offered an individual bonus of more than $ 100 million to OpenAi employees to listen to them.

The proof of this investor enthusiasm, the risk capital operations for the new companies in the sectors have already reached $ 130 billion since the beginning of the year, when they increased to $ 106 billion in 2024 according to Pitchbook data.