{"id":19796,"date":"2024-09-12T09:33:34","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T01:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/?p=19796"},"modified":"2024-09-12T09:33:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T01:33:34","slug":"openai-%e8%ae%a1%e5%88%92%e5%86%8d%e8%9e%8d%e8%b5%8465%e4%ba%bf%e7%be%8e%e5%85%83%ef%bc%8c%e4%bc%b0%e5%80%bc%e9%a3%99%e5%8d%87%e8%87%b3-1500-%e4%ba%bf%e7%be%8e%e5%85%83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/19796.html","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI plans to raise another $6.5 billion as valuation soars to $150 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, artificial intelligence giant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/openai\" title=\"[View articles tagged with [OpenAI]]\" target=\"_blank\" >OpenAI<\/a> Ongoing rounds of new<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/%e8%9e%8d%e8%b5%84\" title=\"[View articles tagged with [financing]]\" target=\"_blank\" >Financing<\/a>Negotiations with a target valuation of $150 billion.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bloomberg, OpenAI is looking to raise $6.5 billion from investors and plans to apply for a $5 billion revolving credit facility from banks.<\/p>\n<p>This would give OpenAI a new valuation of $74% higher than the $86 billion it acquired earlier this year through a right of first refusal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19797\" title=\"49fc41e9j00sjoez40023d000w600e2m\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/49fc41e9j00sjoez40023d000w600e2m.jpg\" alt=\"49fc41e9j00sjoez40023d000w600e2m\" width=\"1158\" height=\"506\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OpenAI's high valuation is largely due to its popular chatbot, ChatGPT, which has made a huge splash in the market and quickly made OpenAI a major player in the AI industry. The company is led by Sam Altman and backed by tech giant Microsoft, fueling Silicon Valley's renewed interest in the AI space.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Forge Global Holdings, a marketplace platform that specializes in private securities trading, recently included OpenAI in its list of \"Private Seven Giants.\" These giant companies include well-known companies such as Microsoft, Apple, Google's parent company Alphabet, and Tesla.<\/p>\n<p>Although OpenAI has not yet formally responded to the financing plan, the market is looking forward to it. Thrive Capital, the main lead investor in the funding, has not commented on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, artificial intelligence giant OpenAI was in talks for a new round of funding with a target valuation of $150 billion. According to Bloomberg, OpenAI is looking to raise $6.5 billion from investors and plans to apply for a $5 billion revolving credit facility from banks. This would put OpenAI's new valuation at $74% higher than the $86 billion it secured earlier this year through a right of first refusal. OpenAI has been able to secure such a high valuation largely thanks to its popular chatbot, ChatGPT, which has created a huge buzz in the marketplace and allowed OpenAI to quickly become a major player in the AI industry. The company is led by Sam Altman and is backed by tech giant Microsoft's<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146],"tags":[190,421],"collection":[],"class_list":["post-19796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-openai","tag-421"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19796\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19796"},{"taxonomy":"collection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection?post=19796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}