OpenAI in talks to sell $6 billion in stock at about $500 billion
Openai CEO Sam Altman, Idaho on July 8, 2025, Sun Valley Resort at Sun Valley Annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley is attending the Media and Technology Conference.
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On Friday, CNBC is preparing to sell approximately $ 6 billion stock as part of the secondary sales that will value the company about $ 500 billion.
According to a person familiar with negotiations that want to be named because of the hidden nature of the debates, the existing and former employees will be sold to investors including Softbank, Dragoneer Investment Group and Thrive Capital. Negotiations can still change in early stages and details.
Bloomberg He first reported the discussions. All three companies are existing investors in Openai, but as CNBC’s previously reported, Thrive capital can lead a tour. Softbank, Dragoneer and Thrive Capital did not respond immediately to CNBC’s request for comment.
Openai’s valuation has increased exponentially since the beginning of the artificial intelligence on the launch of productive AI Chatbot Chatgpt at the end of 2022.
In March, a financing tour of $ 40 billion of $ 300 billion in March announced the largest amount of a private technology company. At the beginning of this month, Openai announced that the latest fresh capital of $ 8.3 billion depends on this background tour.
Last week, Openai announced the latest and most advanced large-scale AI model GPT-5. Openai, especially in areas such as writing, coding and health services smarter, faster and more “much more useful”, he said. However, some users complained about the loss of access to Openai’s previous models.
Openai CEO Sam Altman, “GPT-5’s GPT-5, we have certainly underestimated how important things are for them,” he wrote Openai CEO Sam Altman A writing X.
WRISTWATCH: OpenAi Staffer reported that Softbank and other investors will sell $ 6 billion in stock
