ChatgPT-Maker OpenAI has raised $ 8.3 billion at an assessment of $ 300 billion, reports The New York Times. The agreement is part of Openai’s broader strategy to ensure $ 40 billion this year.
The overwritten round occurred months earlier than expected, according to the NYT. Initially, Operai raised $ 2.5 billion of risk capital in March when he announced his intention to raise $ 40 billion in a round spear with SoftBank. The AI giant had planned to assume additional $ 7.5 billion by the end of the year, but earned the coup when investors rise to their limit table in an impressive growth.
Thursday, The information He informed that Operai reached $ 12 billion in annualized revenues and exceeded 700 million perceptional active chatgpt users. The Times said that the number is closer to $ 13 billion, with projections to reach $ 20 billion by the end of the year. Other tail winds include the AI Action Plan of the Trump Administration and conversations with Microsoft that could help startup achieve its goal of becoming a true profit for profit.
The Times reported that Dragoneer Investment Group, a lower investor, directed the round with a surprising check of $ 2.8 billion. Many new investors participated in La Ronda, including private capital giants Blackstone and TPG, and the Mutual Fund Administrator T. Rowe Price. Other participants include Altimeter Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue Management, D1 Capital Partners, Fidelity Management, Founders Fund, Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global and Thrive Capital.
According to the reports, some of the first investors in Openai were dismayed by the smallest assignments they obtained in the round when the giant of the AI prioritized to bring new strategic sponsors.
Techcrunch has communicated with Openai to comment.
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