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OpenAI valued at $1.25 trillion, as rival Anthropic nears its IPO

OpenAI is now valued at $1.25 trillion in a new round of funding that has raised another $11 billion, according to Bloomberg. That would make it one of the world's most valuable companies, not long after raising $122 billion from investors in March at a valuation of $852 billion. Echoing FT and Wall Street Journal […]

OpenAI valued at $1.25 trillion, as rival Anthropic nears its IPO

OpenAI has been recently valued at an astounding $1.25 trillion after securing an additional $11 billion in funding, according to Bloomberg. This valuation places the company among the world's most valuable entities, following its March funding round where it raised $122 billion, pushing its valuation up to $852 billion. Bloomberg cites reports from The Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal indicating that OpenAI is actively seeking further investments, which could push the total amount raised to $20 billion.

Initially, the company had targeted to raise up to $30 billion at a higher valuation of $1.4 trillion, but this was before the tech stock market decline and the impact of midterm election results, which have led to increased public skepticism towards AI companies and data center projects. Anthropic, OpenAI's rival, filed its S-1 paperwork to go public last week.

Earlier this year, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed that the company is delaying its IPO until it can ensure greater confidence in its model's safety, though he did not specify a timeline. He emphasized that it could be detrimental to the world if OpenAI were to delay its public listing.

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