OpenAI closed a new one financing round of 8.3 billion euros (about 7,177 million euros), reaching a value of 300,000 million dollars. The transaction is part of the 40,000 million round announced last March.
Dragoneer Investment Group led the operation with a contribution of 2.8 billion dollars. Blackstone, TPG, T. Rowe Price, Fidelity Management, Founders Fund, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue Management, Altimeter Capital, D1 Capital Partners, Tiger Global and Thrive Capital, also participated.
There was an oversupply of financing
Since in March this ambitious global round of 40,000 million led by SoftBank was announced, with a first injection of 30,000 million and a union that included Microsoft, Coatue and Altimeter, Openai has accelerated its financial plans.
This last round had a demands five times greater than supply, So the technological had to reduce the participation of some initial investors and give priority to long -term strategic partners. In fact, the operation of 8.3 billion ends earlier than expected the goal of lifting additional 7,500 million for 2025.
Market growth and scope
The annual recurring income Openai have shot themselves to 13,000 million dollars The last month, compared to the 10,000 million registered in June, and the company plans to exceed 20,000 million before the end of the year.
On the other hand, the number of Chatgpt business users grew to five million, compared to three million just a few months ago, with more than 2.5 billion daily indications processed by the platform.
Why this investment impulse
Investor appetite responds to strong operating growth of OpenAi, along with an ambitious vision: move towards the General Artificial Intelligence (AGI)climb computer infrastructure and monetize new applications for millions of users worldwide.
The valuation of 300,000 million dollars places it at the level of large global brands such as Coca -Cola, Novo Nordisk, Chevron or LVMH, and only behind private giants such as Spacex and Bytedance.
Competence and strategic negotiations
With this operation, Openai reinforces its position as one of the most valuable non -listed startups in the world. In fact, Microsoft, one of the main shareholders of the technology, maintains advanced negotiations to ensure prolonged access to the key technology of the company, something that could define its post-area relationship.
Meanwhile, Openai competes fully with other powerful companies in the AI sector such as XAI (led by Elon Musk), Alphabet (Google) and goal, in an increasingly frantic race for leading innovation and corporate adoption.
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