According to the Wall Street Journal, Openai, the creator of Chatgpt, is in preliminary conversations for a financing round that could reach 40,000 million dollars, which would raise its valuation to 300,000 million dollars. This news marks a milestone in the history of technological startups and reflects the growing interest in the field of artificial intelligence in addition to assuming a forceful response to the recent challenge that has meant the emergence of Deepseek.
Details of the possible investment
SoftBank, the Japanese telecommunications and investment giant, would lead this financing round with an investment of between 15,000 and 25,000 million dollars. The rest of the investment would come from other investors that Softbank is helping to gather. It is important to highlight that these negotiations are still at an early stage and may not become concretized. However, if they materialize, they would represent a significant increase in the OpenAI assessment, which in October 2023 stood at 157,000 million dollars. At that time Softbank already participated in a financing round.
A substantial part of this investment would be used to fulfill Openai’s commitment to contribute approximately 18,000 million dollars to Stargatea joint initiative with SoftBank and other partners promoted by the US government. Stargate aims to finance the construction of new data centers in the United States to enhance Openai technology. In addition, the company expects to use part of these funds to finance its commercial operations, which currently generate losses.
Financial perspectives
Despite current losses, OpenAi It has significant growth prospects. The company expected to lose around 5,000 million dollars in 2023 with revenues of 3.7 billion dollars. However, it projects that its income grows up to 11.6 billion dollars in 2024. This possible financing round, if it was completed, would not only mark a milestone in the history of Silicon Valley, but also reflect the growing importance of the In the global technological panorama. The relationship between Sam Altman, CEO of Openai, and Masayoshi Son, SoftBank CEOit seems to be deepening quickly, which could have very important implications for the future of the AI industry and OpenAi itself.
