OpenAi earns 40 billion dollars in an evaluation of $ 300 billion after money

Openai on Monday Declare It closed one of the largest special financing rounds in history.

According to Blog post On the company’s website, Openaii raised $ 40 billion in a tour estimated at $ 300 billion after money. Softbank led the financing, CNBC I mentioned. Among the other participants are Microsoft, Coature, Altimeter and Thrive, all of whom are former supporters in the outfit.

“[This new capital] Openai wrote in the blog publication: “We are excited to work in partnership with Softbank Group – a few companies that understand how to expand the scope of transformational technology as do”: “enables us to push the boundaries of artificial intelligence research further, expand our infrastructure, and provide strong tools increasingly to SoftBank Group – a few companies That understands how to expand the scope of transformational technology as they do. ”

CNBC, citing a source familiar with this matter, says about $ 18 billion in financing will go towards the ambitious Openai Stargate infrastructure projectWhich aims to create a network of artificial intelligence centers throughout the United States