OpenAI in Talks for Funding Round Valuing It Above $100 Billion
Thrive Capital and Microsoft are Among Investors Putting Several Billion Dollars Into ChatGPT Maker
OpenAI is in talks to raise several billion dollars in a new funding round that would value the startup behind ChatGPT above $100 billion. Venture-capital firm Thrive Capital is leading the round and will invest about $1 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Microsoft MSFT -0.63%decrease; red down pointing triangle is also expected to put in money.
The new funding round would be the biggest infusion of outside capital into OpenAI since Microsoft invested around $10 billion in January 2023. Since then, an arms race has developed in Silicon Valley to build the most advanced artificial-intelligence systems in an effort to dominate an industry many say will revolutionize the economy.
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