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OpenAI Pursues $40 Billion Funding Round at $340 Billion Valuation

SoftBank is set to lead a funding round for OpenAI, potentially raising $40 billion and valuing the company at $340 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal.
This investment would make SoftBank OpenAI's largest backer, surpassing Microsoft's previous investment of $14 billion.
OpenAI has accused DeepSeek of unauthorized use of its proprietary models, leading to an investigation involving Microsoft.
OpenAI recently launched a preview of its Operator AI agent, designed to perform repetitive browser tasks independently.

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El Pais

OpenAI is studying a new $40 billion funding round

Intense week for the artificial intelligence industry. After the earthquake caused by the Chinese DeepSeek on Monday, this Friday has transcended that OpenAI is finalizing the preparations for a new round of financing, according to Bloomberg and Reuters. Specifically, the company captained by Sam Altman weighs a goal of 40 billion dollars. According to sources close to the operation to both agencies, the call is awakening a remarkable investor i…

23 days ago·Spain

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La Tercera

Sam Altman of OpenAI and Masayoshi Son of SoftBank are the new power pair of AI

In his newly built palace near Tokyo, flanked by stone statues of Roman emperors and surrounded by an 18-hole golf course, Masayoshi Son was restless. After declaring for years the imminent arrival of the artificial intelligence revolution, SoftBank Group’s executive director had missed it. “I haven’t been able to do anything,” he thought, according to a speech he gave to SoftBank investors last year. “Can I age like this and die?” He turned out…

OpenAI could be worth as much as TikTok owner Bytedance with SoftBank's latest investment

Sam Altman and Masayoshi Son announced the Stargate project together at the White House. Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesSoftBank is in talks to invest up to $25 billion in OpenAI, which could value it around $300 billion.The deal could make OpenAI the joint-second most valuable tech company after SpaceX.The funding round could see OpenAI pump $15 billion into the Stargate AI infrastructure project.SoftBank is preparing to lead fresh investment into O…

23 days ago·United States

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The Independent

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OpenAI in talks to raise £32bn in new funding round – reports

The funding would value the ChatGPT maker at more than £240bn.

23 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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Al Bawaba

SoftBank will fund OpenAI with $40B

ALBAWABA – SoftBank, the Japanese multinational conglomerate, announced a fund of approximately $40 billion to support OpenAI, the American artificial intelligence (AI) research organization, amid recent developments by DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company that creates open-source large language models (LLMs)...

23 days ago·Amman, Jordan

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Silicon Republic

OpenAI reportedly set to be valued at more than $300bn

With this new investment, SoftBank is set to usurp Microsoft as OpenAI's biggest backer. Read more: OpenAI reportedly set to be valued at more than $300bn

23 days ago

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