Microsoft and Nvidia support OpenAI in a $6.6 billion funding round
The business that created ChatGPT, OpenAI, collected $6.6 billion from investors, potentially elevating its market worth to $157 billion and solidifying its place among the most valuable private corporations globally.
The money has drawn the interest of Microsoft, the largest corporate supporter of OpenAI, as well as new investors Nvidia and returning venture capitalists Thrive Capital and Khosla Ventures.
The funds are being closed in tandem with the company’s continuing attempts to restructure and replace executives, which included the sudden exit of Mira Murati, the company’s longstanding chief technology officer, last week.
Aunque no se han decidido los detalles ni el momento, Sarah Friar, directora financiera de OpenAI, informó a los empleados que la compañía podrá proporcionarles liquidez a través de una oferta pública de adquisición para recomprar sus acciones en la empresa después de la financiación. Algunos empleados fueron autorizados por la compañía a vender sus acciones en efectivo con una valoración de 86,000 millones de dólares al principio de esta año.
