{"id":89545,"date":"2025-10-03T11:31:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T08:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=89545"},"modified":"2025-10-03T11:35:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T08:35:14","slug":"openai-becomes-worlds-most-valuable-private-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/openai-becomes-worlds-most-valuable-private-company\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI Becomes World’s Most Valuable Private Company"},"content":{"rendered":"

OpenAI has allowed current and former employees to sell shares worth $6.6 billion. The transaction valued the startup at $500 billion\u2014a record for private firms, according to Bloomberg<\/a>, citing sources.<\/p>\n

The buyers included SoftBank, Dragoneer Investment Group, Thrive Capital, MGX, and T. Rowe Price.<\/p>\n

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OpenAI’s valuation surpassed Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Source: Bloomberg.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The sale was not a traditional investment round. The funds went to shareholders and option holders, not the company itself.<\/p>\n

In August, the company raised<\/a> $8.3 billion at a $300 billion valuation. The round closed several months ahead of schedule as part of the goal to raise<\/a> $40 billion by 2025. Investors included SoftBank, Thrive, T. Rowe Price, Dragoneer, Blackstone, TPG, Founders Fund, Sequoia Capital, and Andreessen Horowitz.<\/p>\n

Recently, Meta has been actively recruiting researchers from OpenAI and other leading labs, offering compensation packages in the nine-figure range.<\/p>\n

The sale of shares by employees might encourage them to stay with the company rather than accept lucrative offers from competitors.<\/p>\n

The total volume of shares sold in the secondary round was below the maximum allowable amount. OpenAI agreed to a deal worth over $10 billion, sources noted. This may indicate that current and former employees are confident in the business’s long-term viability.<\/p>\n

Back in September, OpenAI launched<\/a> Sora 2\u2014an updated version of its audio and video generator. Simultaneously, the company introduced a social app called Sora<\/a>, where users can create videos with themselves and friends and share them in a TikTok-style algorithmic feed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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