Opeenai wraps 6.6 billion dollars to sell shares when rating $ 500 billion

Openai ended the sale of secondary shares of 6.6 billion dollars, allowing current and former employees to sell the shares to a record value of $ 500 billion, according to a person familiar with the transaction.

Bloomberg was the first to inform that the deal was closed.

CNBC I mentioned In August, Openai was looking to sell secondary shares with a rate of $ 500 billion, With investors including Thrive Capital, SoftBank, Dragoneer Investment Group, Abu Dhabi’s MGX and T. Rowe PRICE.

While Openai had authorized it $ 10.3 billion in stocks for sale -An increase in the original goal of $ 6 billion-only about two-thirds of this amount changed in the end.

The person who has seen internal discussions said that the decrease in participation is seen internally as a vote on confidence in the company’s long-term prospects, and a sign that the investor’s appetite is still strong, even by evaluating $ 500 billion-with a sharp increase of $ 300 billion earlier this year.

The presentation was presented to the current and former employees in early September, with the open participation of those who made shares for more than two years.

The sale of shares is the second major bid of Openai in less than a year, after a A $ 1.5 billion deal with Softbank in November.

This last deal enhances the case of Openai The world’s most valuable company in the worldThe SpaceX rating of $ 456 billion.

The sale also comes amid an intensification competition for artificial intelligence talents. DeadIn particular, he has And according to what was reported Nine numbers compensation packages in an attempt to employ senior researchers.

Openai is among the increasing group of prominent startups-including Spacex, Stripe and Databrics-using secondary sales that allow employees to spend with special maintenance. This step is widely seen as a strategy to maintain talent and reward employees in the long run without following the public subscription.

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