Investment deal led by Thrive Capital in progress
Thrive Capital plans to invest $1 billion, and Microsoft likely to participate
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI. Photo = Altman CEO X account
, ‘【Silicon Valley=Hong Chang-ki correspondent】’,
,”OpenAI is seeking fundraising with a corporate valuation of over $100 billion, around 133.75 trillion won. The ongoing investment attraction has drawn attention after OpenAI recently revealed that it is testing a prototype version of its own search engine, ‘SearchGPT.'”,
, ‘According to the Wall Street Journal and CNBC on the 28th (local time), Thrive Capital is leading the investment attraction for OpenAI. Thrive Capital is rumored to invest $1 billion immediately. Microsoft (MS), which has already invested a total of $10 billion in OpenAI, is expected to participate in this investment as well. The amount of investment from MS has not been disclosed.’,
, ‘At the beginning of this year, the corporate value of OpenAI was $80 billion, but through this fundraising, the company’s value has been evaluated at $100 billion. This represents a sharp increase of 244.83% from the previous year’s $29 billion. It has also been reported that OpenAI’s revenue exceeded $20 billion last year.’,
, ‘If the ongoing investment attraction is successful, it is expected that the largest funding will be provided to OpenAI since Microsoft invested $10 billion in January 2023.’,
, ‘The reason for OpenAI’s fundraising is attributed to the SearchGPT. ‘,
, ‘OpenAI is currently testing SearchGPT, which aims to provide fast and timely responses through clear and relevant sources. OpenAI is testing SearchGPT on a small user group and plans to integrate SearchGPT into the chatbot GPT. ‘,
, ‘In this regard, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, mentioned on his old Twitter account, “We believe that there is much room for improvement in search than now.”‘,
, ‘Although it may not be immediate, if OpenAI integrates SearchGPT into ChatGPT, it could have a significant impact on the search market dominated by Google. After the release of ChatGPT, Alphabet (Google) investors have expressed concerns that OpenAI could take away Google’s market share in the search field.’,
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OpenAI is pursuing a deal to attract 134 trillion won in investment. Reuters News,