OpenAI Seeks $30 Billion at $1.4 Trillion Valuation as IPO Slips Past 2026
OpenAI wants another $30 billion, and it wants it at a price that would make it the most valuable private company on earth. Bloomberg reported on Tuesday that the ChatGPT maker is in talks with investors to raise at least $30 billion at a valuation of about $1.4 trillion, not counting the new money. Reuters and TechCrunch confirmed the report the same day. The discussions are early, Bloomberg cautioned, and the terms could still shift — but the number is the point. A $1.4 trillion price tag would be a 64% jump from the $852 billion valuation OpenAI set just six months ago. ...