OpenAI’s latest funding round was so popular early investors were reportedly miffed about being pushed aside to make room for new partners
In March, Openai announced a plan to raise up to 40 billion dollars with a rate of 300 billion dollars by the end of the year, as it became $ 10 billion immediately (thanks to Softbank, which provided 75 % of the bill), and the remaining $ 30 billion that will reach the end of the year.
On Friday, Openai made strong progress on its financial plans, raising another $ 8.3 billion with a rating of $ 300 billion, New York Times Dealbook was the first to report. The demand for the tour was outside the plans – excessive squares, according to what he said Newton– Which means that many of the first investors participating in the new round were frustrated by obtaining smaller allocations, so that Openai can give priority to support the new.
The latest process for collecting donation from Openai led the Marc Stad’s Dragoneer investment Group, an early investor in Spotify and Uber. Dragoneer has written a huge check worth $ 2.8 billion, which means Openai now represents about 10 % of the company’s money.
The tour also included new investors, including T Other participants in the tour include Andressen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, Fidelity Management, Thrive Capital, D1 Capital Partners, Coature Management and Tiger Global.
the New York Times Dealbook reports on the repeated annual Openai revenues, which were reported by $ 10 billion in June, now exceeding $ 13 billion now after two months, and the mark of $ 20 billion may pass by the end of the year.
To provide some context: Anthropor, the closest Openaii competitor in revenue and capital, has $ 14.3 billion in lifelong donations, and its evaluation is $ 61.5 billion as of March – although it is currently holding talks to raise $ 5 billion with a rating of $ 170 billion. Perplexity Ai, another competitor, raised $ 100 million last month, thus rating up to $ 18 billion. Elon Musk, Xai, raised $ 10 billion with a value of $ 80 billion, although current donation efforts could reach 200 billion dollars.
Of course, all of these money approximates Openai to a preliminary public offering. The company is currently working in the midst of the same structure to become a profitable company (which requires a green light from Microsoft), so there is no timetable for public subscription. But the last round means that Openai has gathered more than any other company of artificial intelligence with a wide margin, giving it the upper hand in the Red Hot sector.
Openai may face a real challenge, from some of the most firm silicon valley giants, such as Meta. CEO Mark Zuckerberg is flowing billions of dollars on artificial intelligence resources, including talents; Amnesty International’s infrastructure, $ 72 billion, is approximately 80 % higher than the collection of the entire donation in Openai this year. Meta is also the sixth largest valuable company in the world, as the market ceiling approaches a trillion dollars.
Openai did not want to comment on the news, or its future plans.
2025-08-01 15:50:00
