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author: li dan

source: hard ai

openai's ability to attract money has been further confirmed. recent news shows that a new round of financing from three us technology giants may help push openai's valuation to $150 billion.

on wednesday, september 11, eastern time, bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that openai is in talks to raise $6.5 billion from investors at a company valuation of $150 billion.OpenAIopenai is also negotiating to borrow $5 billion from banks in the form of a revolving loan. sources said that the specific amount of financing may change while openai is still in discussion.

openai did not comment on the news of the new financing. if the news is true, openai's valuation of $150 billion this month means that its valuation has increased by nearly 88% in less than 7 months. because in february this year, the new york times reported that after completing transactions including venture capital firms and employee cash outs, openai's valuation tripled in less than 10 months to $80 billion.

bloomberg reported on wednesday that the $150 billion valuation does not include the aforementioned $6.5 billion in new financing, which is expected to be led by venture capital firm thrive capital, with participation from microsoft, apple and nvidia.

this is consistent with some media reports at the end of last month., openai is seeking a new round of multi-billion dollar financing, of which thrive capital, the lead investor, will invest about $1 billion, and microsoft will participate. the new financing will make openai's valuation exceed $100 billion, and there are also, apple is in talks to join openai's new round of funding,nvidiathere have been discussions about joining openai’s funding round. if the discussions go forward, the three companies with the highest market capitalizations in the world will all invest in openai, highlighting the market’s high expectations for the potential of its technology.

openai ceo sam altman once called it "the most capital-intensive startup in silicon valley history." this new round of financing once again demonstrates altman's strong financing capabilities. if openai's valuation exceeds $100 billion, among private startups, openai's valuation will only rank behind a few companies such as bytedance and spacex.it was mentioned that some investors believed that a valuation of 100 billion was still conservative, and even expected openai's valuation to reach 125 billion us dollars. the new valuation reported on wednesday also exceeded this already astonishing valuation level.

regarding openai’s new valuation news on wednesday, a netizen posted a gif on social media x that said “let me in”, expressing investors’ eagerness to join the financing.

some netizens wondered if openai’s valuation had risen too fast, and asked if it wasn’t said to be valued at $100 billion last week?

one netizen said, why not a $150 trillion valuation, openai underestimated itself too much. at the same time, the netizen said that in less than a year, musk's xai's ai chatbot grok is 100 times better than openai's, so how much is x worth?

one commentator said, imagine how high its valuation would be if openai really mastered general artificial intelligence (agi).