In his eagerness to maintain leadership in the development of artificial intelligence (AI), OpenAi is burning money as if there were no tomorrow. Therefore, Sam Altman It has been immersed in a career for months collect all possible capital. Masayoshi are becoming a key piece of its strategy.
SoftBank, The Japanese conglomerate led by Son and known for its role in the failed Wework Stock Exchangeis about to close an initial investment of 40,000 million dollars in OpenAI. The information has not been confirmed by the companies, But it comes from anonymous sources cited by CNBC.
An investment of colossal dimensions
According to the data shared by the American environment, the AI startup would receive an assessment of 260,000 million dollars before receiving the new investment. Once the arrival of the new funds was finalized, the assessment would make a substantial leap to nothing less than 300,000 million dollars.
According to Financial Timeswe would be facing the greatest investment in a startup in history, a relevant fact if one takes into account that Openai began in 2015 and it was not until the arrival of Chatgptat the end of 2022, when its impact became global. Interestingly, this movement would take prominence from Microsoft.
In 2019, the Redmond giant disbursedThe first 1,000 million dollars For OpenAi. He did it within the framework of an ambitious agreement to “support the development of the General Artificial Intelligence (AGI)”And where it was located in a comfortable position like exclusive supplier In the Startup cloud.
Openai had the vision, had the talent, but did not have the money to advance. Later new investments arrived from Microsoft, which allowed him to reach 13,000 million dollars, and an observer post was profiled In the Board of Directors before the first crisis broke out in the signing of AI.
However, the relationship with the company led by Satya Nadella has begun to be diluted. Microsoft is no longer the exclusive provider of cloud services for OpenAI, which opens the door for the artificial intelligence firm to use Computer infrastructures of other companies Or, if you wish, develop your own.
The news occurs shortly after Openai and Softbank announced the creation of a joint company called “SB OpenAI Japan”which seeks to market products and services in Japan, but also has international ambitions. And previously, Son and Altman were in the White House promoting Stargate.
Something that should not go unnoticed is that the days it seemed that Openai had An unmatched technology They seem to be falling behind. Companies like Google, Anthropic, Mistral ai and Deepseek They have proven to have the AI models robust enough to compete in better conditions.
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