Openai On Thursday, the sale of shares of $ 6.6 billion ended, Bloomberg Reported. Sales gives current and previous employees the opportunity to sell shares with a valuation of $ 500 billion.
The transaction and valuation results also give OpenAi a distinction between being now The most beneficial private company in the world, supported by the undertakingexceeding Spacexwhich is priced at $ 400 billion based on His own sales of the secondary campaign this summer.
According to CNBCOpeli authorized as much as $ 10.3 billion for sale, which was in comparison with the original goal price $ 6 billion. But only about two -thirds of what authorized was finally sold.
In addition to OpenAI and Spacex, several other private firms with high value turned to secondary sales, which are often used to reward employees and as a tool that stops for firms that are not ready for the audience.
Gigant fintech in February Stripe announced tender offer in which investors would buy shares from previous and current employees with a valuation of $ 91.5 billion. In December last 12 months Databicks collected $ 10 billion With a valuation of $ 62 billion in a contract covering secondary sales of shares aimed at ensuring liquidity and former employees.
In April, Opennai was also on the first pages of newspapers investment as much as $ 40 billion from the Japanese investment conglomerate Softbank In the contract, which meant the biggest financing of startups and valued it on $ 300 billion.