OpenAI CEO Sam Altman held the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference on July 8, 2025 at Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, USA.
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Openai is talking to investors about potential stock sales, with a valuation of about $500 billion, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The people said the negotiations were in an early stage and would involve secondary sales, with current and former employees selling stocks, and they declined to be named because the discussion was confidential. Sources say open investor Thrive Capital can lead a potential round.
Bloomberg first reported on the latest speech.
Since the launch of Chatgpt by the end of 2022, Openai’s valuation has been rising and has quickly established itself as the leader in Generative AI. The company announced $40 billion in funding The round in March was $300 billion, the largest number raised by private tech companies to date.
Last week, Openai announced its latest $8.3 billion in stock It’s related to that round of financing.
Openai released two Open Language Model First launched last Tuesday GPT-2 In 2019. These models are designed to be low-cost options Developers Researchers can easily run and customize, Openai said.
The company said earlier this week that Chatgpt will hit 700 million active users a week.
Open up competitors HumanMeanwhile, negotiations are underway to secure $3 billion to $5 billion in new funding. ICONIQ Capital At a valuation of $170 billion, up from $61.5 billion in March.
CNBC has previously reported that OpenAI’s annual recurring revenue is expected to reach $20 billion by the end of the year, up from $10 billion in June.
