OpenAI hits $500 billion valuation after share sale to SoftBank, others, source says
OpenAI's $6.6 billion employee share sale boosts its valuation to $500 billion, surpassing SpaceX and ByteDance as the most valuable private company globally.
- OpenAI has achieved a valuation of $500 billion following a $6.6 billion secondary share sale by current and former employees, as reported by a source familiar with the matter.
- The investors in this deal included Thrive Capital, SoftBank, and others, marking a significant increase from OpenAI's previous $300 billion valuation, according to the same source.
- OpenAI now surpasses SpaceX to become the most valuable startup globally, reflecting its rapid growth as demand for AI tools rises.
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Deal Values OpenAI at a Sky-High $500B
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has surged to a $500 billion valuation, outpacing SpaceX and making it the world's most valuable startup. Bloomberg reports that in OpenAI's latest deal, current and former employees sold roughly $6.6 billion worth of their shares at that valuation to an investor lineup that...

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OpenAI now worth $500 billion, possibly making it the world's most valuable startup
OpenAI could now be the world's most valuable startup, ahead of Elon Musk's SpaceX and TikTok's parent company ByteDance, after a secondary stock sale designed to retain employees at the ChatGPT maker. Current and former OpenAI employees sold $6.6 billion in shares to a group of investors, pushing the privately held artificial intelligence company's valuation to $500 billion, according to a source with knowledge of the deal who was not authorize…


Paris, France.The US company OpenAI, which developed ChatGPT, reached a value of $500 billion after its employees sold a limited number of shares, reported financial means on Thursday.If this sale operation of OpenAI securities workers worth $6.6 billion to investors is confirmed, this company will become the world's most valuable startup, surpassing Elon Musk's SpaceX, valued at about $400 billion, according to Bloomberg agency.Among the group …
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