According to media reports, the AI company OpenAI is considering a $6 billion equity sale, which would increase its valuation to $500 billion, surpassing the current most valuable private company, SpaceX (valued at $35 billion). The shares in this equity sale will mainly be sold by existing and former employees.
In the past year, OpenAI has experienced rapid growth. Investors such as Microsoft and SoftBank have invested at least $40 billion in the company, increasing its valuation to $30 billion in March 2023. In October 2022, OpenAI's valuation was only $15.7 billion. If this equity sale is successful, OpenAI will become the world's most valuable private company.
The current investors involved in the equity sale negotiations include three institutions that have already invested in OpenAI: SoftBank, Dragoneer Investment Group, and Thrive Capital. According to Bloomberg, the negotiations are still in the early stages, and the final figures may change. OpenAI has not commented on this.
In the field of artificial intelligence, OpenAI is facing intense competition. Several global tech giants, including Meta, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft, are heavily investing in AI research and development, hiring engineers, and building data centers. In just 2025, these four companies have invested over $155 billion in artificial intelligence.
Although AI technology has made significant progress since the release of ChatGPT in 2022, the latest AI model released by OpenAI, GPT-5, has not received a positive response. User feedback indicates that the writing quality of this version is worse than previous versions and lacks the personalized features of earlier versions. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, stated that while the company aims for "general artificial intelligence," which can exceed humans in most tasks, he mentioned in a recent launch that GPT-5 is "generally intelligent" but has not yet been able to "learn continuously."
With the development of artificial intelligence, regulatory agencies are also conducting increasingly strict reviews of harmful content generated by chatbots and their potential to manipulate user behavior.
Key Points:
🌟 OpenAI plans to increase its valuation to $50 billion through an equity sale, surpassing SpaceX.
💰 Investors include SoftBank, Dragoneer Investment Group, and Thrive Capital; the negotiations are still in the early stage.
🤖 Despite significant advances in AI technology, the latest version GPT-5 has received poor user feedback and has not yet achieved continuous learning.
