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OpenAI估值有望破千亿美元,仅次于SpaceX

OpenAI估值有望破千亿美元,仅次于SpaceX

彭博社 2023-12-28
OpenAI首席执行官山姆·奥特曼一直在为代号为Tigris的芯片制造项目寻求资金。

OpenAI首席执行官山姆·奥尔特曼(Sam Altman)。图片来源:DUSTIN CHAMBERS/BLOOMBERG VIA GETTY IMAGES

知情人士称,OpenAI正就筹集新一轮融资进行初步讨论,估值在1000亿美元或以上。这笔交易将巩固这家ChatGPT制造商作为全球最有价值初创公司之一的地位。

知情人士称,可能参与本轮融资的投资者已被纳入初步讨论。由于讨论私人事务,这些人士要求不具名。知情人士表示,本轮融资的条款、估值和时间安排等细节尚未敲定,仍有可能发生变化。

根据CBInsights的数据,如果本轮融资按计划进行,那么这家人工智能宠儿将成为美国第二大最有价值的初创公司,仅次于埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk)的太空探索技术公司(Space Exploration Technologies Corp)。

OpenAI拒绝置评。

据彭博社此前报道,该公司将在1月初完成另外一项单独的收购要约,这将允许员工以860亿美元的估值出售其所持股票。知情人士称,此次收购要约由Thrive Capital牵头,投资者的需求超过了目标可用量。

从OpenAI估值飙升可以看出,自一年前ChatGPT发布以来掀起的人工智能热潮仍在持续升温。ChatGPT是一款聊天机器人,能够根据简单提示生成令人惊奇的类似人类的语句,甚至是诗歌。该公司成为硅谷最炙手可热的初创公司,迄今为止已从微软公司(Microsoft Corp.)筹集了130亿美元,并激发了人们对人工智能前景的新认知,使得人工智能在几个月内改变了科技行业的格局。

此后,亚马逊(Amazon.com Inc.)和Alphabet公司(Alphabet Inc.)向OpenAI的竞争对手Anthropic投入了数十亿美元。赛富时(Salesforce Inc.)领投了对Hugging Face的投资,后者估值为45亿美元。生产许多支持人工智能任务的半导体的英伟达公司(Nvidia Corp.)本月早些时候表示,它在2023年进行了20多项投资。

据知情人士透露,OpenAI还与总部位于阿布扎比的G42公司就为一家新芯片企业筹集资金进行了讨论。

其中一位知情人士说,这家初创公司已经讨论从G42公司融资80亿到100亿美元。由于讨论的是机密信息,这些人都要求不具名。目前尚不清楚芯片风险投资与该公司更广泛的融资活动是否有关联。

OpenAI首席执行官山姆·奥特曼一直在为代号为Tigris的芯片制造项目寻求资金。彭博新闻社上月报道称,该项目的目标是生产出能与英伟达竞争的半导体,后者目前在人工智能芯片市场占据主导地位。

10月,G42公司宣布与OpenAI建立合作伙伴关系,“为阿联酋和区域市场提供尖端的人工智能解决方案”,但没有提供财务细节。G42公司成立于2018年,由阿联酋国家安全顾问兼阿布扎比投资局(Abu Dhabi Investment Authority)主席谢赫·塔赫努恩本·扎耶德·阿勒纳哈扬(Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan)领导。

上个月早些时候,OpenAI的董事会突然解雇了奥特曼,让该公司的未来一度显得充满不确定性。当时,一些投资者考虑将所持股份减记至零。但在历时五天的领导层动荡之后,奥特曼“官复原职”,并任命了新董事会。该公司旨在向客户发出信号,表明在动荡之后,它将重新关注产品研发。(财富中文网)

-在汉娜·米勒(Hannah Miller)的协助下完成本报道。

译者:中慧言-王芳

知情人士称,OpenAI正就筹集新一轮融资进行初步讨论,估值在1000亿美元或以上。这笔交易将巩固这家ChatGPT制造商作为全球最有价值初创公司之一的地位。

知情人士称,可能参与本轮融资的投资者已被纳入初步讨论。由于讨论私人事务,这些人士要求不具名。知情人士表示,本轮融资的条款、估值和时间安排等细节尚未敲定,仍有可能发生变化。

根据CBInsights的数据,如果本轮融资按计划进行,那么这家人工智能宠儿将成为美国第二大最有价值的初创公司,仅次于埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk)的太空探索技术公司(Space Exploration Technologies Corp)。

OpenAI拒绝置评。

据彭博社此前报道,该公司将在1月初完成另外一项单独的收购要约,这将允许员工以860亿美元的估值出售其所持股票。知情人士称,此次收购要约由Thrive Capital牵头,投资者的需求超过了目标可用量。

从OpenAI估值飙升可以看出,自一年前ChatGPT发布以来掀起的人工智能热潮仍在持续升温。ChatGPT是一款聊天机器人,能够根据简单提示生成令人惊奇的类似人类的语句,甚至是诗歌。该公司成为硅谷最炙手可热的初创公司,迄今为止已从微软公司(Microsoft Corp.)筹集了130亿美元,并激发了人们对人工智能前景的新认知,使得人工智能在几个月内改变了科技行业的格局。

此后,亚马逊(Amazon.com Inc.)和Alphabet公司(Alphabet Inc.)向OpenAI的竞争对手Anthropic投入了数十亿美元。赛富时(Salesforce Inc.)领投了对Hugging Face的投资,后者估值为45亿美元。生产许多支持人工智能任务的半导体的英伟达公司(Nvidia Corp.)本月早些时候表示,它在2023年进行了20多项投资。

据知情人士透露,OpenAI还与总部位于阿布扎比的G42公司就为一家新芯片企业筹集资金进行了讨论。

其中一位知情人士说,这家初创公司已经讨论从G42公司融资80亿到100亿美元。由于讨论的是机密信息,这些人都要求不具名。目前尚不清楚芯片风险投资与该公司更广泛的融资活动是否有关联。

OpenAI首席执行官山姆·奥特曼一直在为代号为Tigris的芯片制造项目寻求资金。彭博新闻社上月报道称,该项目的目标是生产出能与英伟达竞争的半导体,后者目前在人工智能芯片市场占据主导地位。

10月,G42公司宣布与OpenAI建立合作伙伴关系,“为阿联酋和区域市场提供尖端的人工智能解决方案”,但没有提供财务细节。G42公司成立于2018年,由阿联酋国家安全顾问兼阿布扎比投资局(Abu Dhabi Investment Authority)主席谢赫·塔赫努恩本·扎耶德·阿勒纳哈扬(Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan)领导。

上个月早些时候,OpenAI的董事会突然解雇了奥特曼,让该公司的未来一度显得充满不确定性。当时,一些投资者考虑将所持股份减记至零。但在历时五天的领导层动荡之后,奥特曼“官复原职”,并任命了新董事会。该公司旨在向客户发出信号,表明在动荡之后,它将重新关注产品研发。(财富中文网)

-在汉娜·米勒(Hannah Miller)的协助下完成本报道。

译者:中慧言-王芳

OpenAI is in early discussions to raise a fresh round of funding at a valuation at or above $100 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said, a deal that would cement the ChatGPT maker as one of the world’s most valuable startups.

Investors potentially involved in the fundraising round have been included in preliminary discussions, according to the people, who asked not to be identified to discuss private matters. Details like the terms, valuation and timing of the funding round haven’t yet been finalized and could still change, the people said.

If the funding round happens as planned, it would make the artificial intelligence darling the second-most valuable startup in the US, behind only Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp., according to data from CBInsights.

OpenAI declined to comment.

The company is set to complete a separate tender offer in early January, which would allow employees to sell their shares at a valuation of $86 billion, Bloomberg previously reported. That is being led by Thrive Capital and saw more demand from investors than there was availability, people familiar with the matter have said.

OpenAI’s rocketing valuation mirrors the AI frenzy it kicked off one year ago after releasing ChatGPT, a chatbot capable of composing eerily human sentences and even poetry in response to simple prompts. The company became Silicon Valley’s hottest startup, raising $13 billion to date from Microsoft Corp., and spurred a new appreciation for the promise of AI that changed the tech industry landscape within a few months.

Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc. have since poured billions into OpenAI-rival Anthropic. Salesforce Inc. led an investment into Hugging Face that valued it at $4.5 billion, and Nvidia Corp., which makes many of the semiconductors that power AI tasks, said earlier this month it made more than two dozen investments in 2023.

OpenAI has also held discussions to raise funding for a new chip venture with Abu Dhabi-based G42, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The startup has discussed raising between $8 billion and $10 billion from G42, said one of the people, all of whom requested anonymity to discuss confidential information. It’s unclear whether the chips venture and wider company funding efforts are related.

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman had been seeking capital for the chipmaking project, code-named Tigris. The goal is to produce semiconductors that can compete with those from Nvidia, which currently dominates the AI chip market, Bloomberg News reported last month.

In October, G42 announced a partnership with OpenAI “to deliver cutting-edge AI solutions to the UAE and regional markets.” No financial details were provided. The firm, founded in 2018, is led by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE’s national security adviser and chair of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.

OpenAI’s future looked briefly uncertain after its board suddenly fired Altman earlier last month. At the time, some investors considered writing their stakes down to zero. But after five days of leadership tumult, Altman was brought back and a new board was named. The company has aimed to signal to customers that it’s refocusing on its products following the upheaval.

— With assistance from Hannah Miller

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