OpenAi earns 40 billion dollars in an evaluation of $ 300 billion after money

Openai on Monday Declare It closed one of the largest special financing rounds in history.

According to Blog post On the company’s website, Openaii raised $ 40 billion in a slide estimated at $ 300 billion after money. Softbank led the tour, CNBC I mentioned. Other participants included Microsoft, Coature, Altimeter and Thrive.

Openai wrote at the blog post: “(This new capital) enables us to push the boundaries of artificial intelligence research further, expand the infrastructure of our account, and provide increasingly strong tools for 500 million people who use Chatgpt every week.” “We are excited to work in partnership with Softbank Group – a few companies understand how to expand the scope of transformational technology as you do.”

CNBC, citing a source familiar with this matter, says about $ 18 billion in financing will go towards the ambitious Openai Stargate infrastructure projectWhich aims to create a network of artificial intelligence centers throughout the United States