OpenAi said on Monday that it has obtained an extra $ 40 billion in financing to support research and development, because the Tech Powerhouse wants to strengthen its management in the artificial intelligence sector.
Japanese conglomerate Softbank led the financing round, as well as contributions from other investors, including old partner Microsoft, OpenAi said in a Blog post. Decrypt has contacted to learn more.
The announcement comes only a few days after OpenAi’s rival XAI has taken over the X Social Media platform, owned by Elon Musk, a vocal critic of OpenAi CEO and co-founder Sam Altman.
“Today we announce new financing to $ 40 billion on a valuation of $ 300 billion after the money, so that we can put pressure on the boundaries of AI research, our calculation infrastructure scales and supply more powerful tools for the 500 million people who use chatgpt every week,” Openai said.
OpenAi is now just behind Musk’s SpaceX, appreciated on $ 350 billion. OpenAi was already considered a ‘unicorn’, an indication of private companies with a value of more than $ 1 billion.
Although he did not mention the financing round, Sam Altman, OpenAi CEO posted On X Monday, Chatgpt has added two million users for the past five days.
The peak in use follows an important upgrade to the possibilities of chatgpt generation. The tool turned out to be so resource-intensive that Altman users asked X to X delay use, saying it was “melting OpenAi’s GPUs. “
OpenAi praised Softbank and called the company – led by Masayoshi Son – a leader in scaling transformative technologies.
In January, OpenAi worked with Oracle and Softbank to launch the Stargate project, one $ 500 billion Initiative to build AI data centers in the United States in the next four years.
“Their support will help us by building AI systems that stimulate scientific discovery, make personalized education possible, improve human creativity and the road to Agi Pavings that benefits all humanity,” they said.
Published by Sebastian Sinclair
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