OpenAI repurchases approximately $7 billion in employee shares, valued at $852 billion

On 11 August, according to Bloomberg, informed sources revealed that OpenAI had completed a buy-back transaction to help current and former employees sell some $7 billion in company shares in preparation for potential listing. According to two informed sources, the offer was repurchased by OpenAI itself, rather than being introduced to external investors as before. The transaction ' s valuation for OpenAI was $852 billion, the same as the company ' s most recent financing valuation. OpenAI refused to comment. OpenAI has in the past provided its employees with opportunities to sell shares through investors such as Thrive Capital and the Soft Silver Group. In March this year, companies raised $122 billion from large technology companies and venture capital institutions, and in June indicated that they had submitted the relevant documents for the first public equity exercise in secret. At the same time, OpenAI continued its intense competition with Anthropic this year. According to Bloomberg, Anthropic has recently gained momentum in the area of AI software, with valuations exceeding OpenAI and possibly listed earlier than OpenAI。