Softbank It is close to the finalization of the basic investment of $ 40 billion at Openai at a pre -tatric valuation worth $ 260 billion, the sources were given by David Faber from CNBC.
Softbank would pay financing, which would mean a quote after taking money of $ 300 billion at OpenAi, in the next 12 to 24 months, and the first payment is coming in spring, Faber informed on Friday. Softbank would be able to sustain up to $ 10 billion in the amount.
The new financing would mean an elevation of Softbank Microsoft As the best supporter of artificial intelligence. Openai was Recently worth $ 157 billion by private investors in October.
Initially, it was expected that the round would award the OpenAI valuation of $ 340 billion, but the source familiar with this matter Later he said CNBC that the amount would be closer to $ 300 billion.
Part of the financing is expected use to involve OpenAI for the purpose StargateThe sources informed CNBC. Stargate is a joint venture between Softbank, OpenAi and Oracle He was announced by the president Donald Trump in January. The plan requires investing billions of dollars in American AI infrastructure.
Opeli launched chatgpt chatbot at the end of 2022, starting the AI ​​generative race. Since then, the company has been aggressive with such as Elon Musk's XAI, as well as Microsoft, GoogleIN AmazonIN Finish and anthropic. The generative market is It is expected to reach $ 1 trillion in revenues within a decade.
The latest financing round will take place later Softbank involved on Monday spending $ 3 billion a year On OpenAI technologies for themselves and its subsidiaries, including the British chip designer Arm. Softbank and Opennai have also announced a joint undertaking, calculated as “SB OpenAI Japan”, which will sell Enterprise Tech technology in Japan.
Openai published in January Chatgpt govAI platform built especially for the US government. The startup has erected a new platform as having greater security than chatgpt enterprise. GOV CHATGPT will allow government agencies to transfer “non -public, confidential information” to OPENAI models during operations in their safe hosting environments, said the company.
The government's offer is based on a number of Openai movements and the general director of Sam Altman, which seemed to calm Trump. Altman he brought $ 1 million Trump participated in the event with other technical directors and publicly signaled his admiration for the president.
New OpenAI funds appear after the Chinese rival Deepseek saw its application soar to the top Apple The App Store rankings in January after the debut. The breakthrough model R1 Deepseek collected US markets in reports that the powerful model was trained for a fraction of the costs of models of US competitors.
Altman described R1 Deepseek as “impressive” and wrote on x That “Of course we will provide much better models, as well as legal revival to have a new competitor!”
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