OpenAI reportedly raises $8.3B at $300B valuation

Chatzipt-maker Openai has collected $ 8.3 Billion in a $ 300 billion worth of dollars, report New York TimesThe The contract is part of the opening Secure $ 40 billion this yearThe

The Oskrbid Round came a few months before the schedule according to NYT. Opena initially collected $ 2.5 billion from VC companies in March when the softbank announced the intention of raising $ 40 billion in a round. The AI giant planned to take $ 7.5 billion at the end of the year at the end of the year, but in the fascinating growth investors defeated themselves in the table to get up on his cap table.

Thursday, Information OpenAI has hit $ 12 billion in annual revenue and 700 million ChatzP has surpassed weekly active users. The Times today say that the number is near $ 1 billion, the end of the year is estimated to reach $ 20 billion at the end of the year. Includes other telwinds The AI Action Plan of the Trump administration And Talks to Microsoft It can help the startup reach the goal of becoming a real profit company.

The Times reported that the Dragonia Investment Group, an under-the-the-rader investor, led the round with a dazzling $ 2.5 billion check. Many new investors are private equity giant Blackstone and TPG and Mutual Fund Manager. Rowe participated in the round with price. Other participants include Altimeter Capital, Andresen Horovits, Kotu Management, D1 Capital Partners, Fidelity Management, Founders Fund, Sikoia Capital, Tiger Global and Thrive Capital.

Some of the primary investors in the Openai were disappointed with the short allotments they had received because of the priority to AI Behemoth as a priority to bring new strategic supporters.

TechCrunch has reached the OpenAI for comment.