On May 11th, according to Wall Street Journal SundayOpenAI Last year, employees were allowed to sell through the secondary marketstockThe maximum cash available is $30 million per person (note: the current exchange rate is approximately 204 million yuan). As a result, hundreds of OpenAI current and former employees became AI in the heatThe first group to get a huge financial return.
According to reports, in October of last year, more than 600 current and former OpenAI employees were involved in secondary market transactions, selling a total of $6.6 billion (current exchange rate of approximately RMB 44,929 billion). The corresponding OpenAI valuation for this transaction is approximately $40 billion (the current exchange rate is approximately RMB 2.72 trillion)。
This transaction allows eligible employees to sell part of their equity. Some 75 participants sold the maximum allowable amount, with a cash equivalent of $30 million per person (the current exchange rate is approximately RMB 20.4 billion)。
OpenAI plans to be listed in the fourth quarter of 2026, and IPO is likely to reach a maximum of $1 trillion in the OpenAI valuation (the current exchange rate is about $6.81 trillion). The competitor Anthropic also plans to be listed as early as October。
In March, the British Financial Times reported that OpenAI expected to be in staff size by 2026Increase from 4500 to 8000Almost doubled。
OpenAI was established in 2015 as a non-profit organization and subsequently established a profit-making sector. A non-profit organization now called OpenAI Foundation holds 26% shares and can obtain additional shares after a specific milestone has been reached。
The Information reported that at the end of February, the annualized revenue of OpenAI had exceeded $25 billion (the current exchange rate is approximately RMB 17,084 million)。