{"id":13363,"date":"2024-02-17T01:37:23","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T00:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/17\/microsoft-backed-openai-valued-at-80bn-after-company-completes-deal\/"},"modified":"2024-02-17T01:37:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T00:37:23","slug":"microsoft-backed-openai-valued-at-80bn-after-company-completes-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/17\/microsoft-backed-openai-valued-at-80bn-after-company-completes-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft-backed OpenAI valued at $80bn after company completes deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Company to sell existing shares in \u2018tender offer\u2019 led by venture firm Thrive Capital, in similar deal as early last year<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft-backed OpenAI has completed a deal that values the artificial intelligence company at $80bn or more, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing multiple people with knowledge of the deal.<\/p>\n<p>The company would sell existing shares in a so-called tender offer led by venture firm Thrive Capital, the report said. Employees will be able to cash out their shares of the company rather than a traditional funding round, which would raise money for the business, the report added.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/feb\/16\/microsoft-openai-valuation-artificial-intelligence\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/31d22fd8fcc34bb0ab7a9da447f294d8138108f9\/0_142_4000_2399\/master\/4000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=59f61227deebe4aeeb90236a0460eb65\" title=\"Microsoft-backed OpenAI valued at $80bn after company completes deal\" \/>Company to sell existing shares in \u2018tender offer\u2019 led by venture firm Thrive Capital, in similar deal as early last year<br \/>\nMicrosoft-backed OpenAI has completed a deal that values the artificial intelligence company at $80bn or more, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing multiple people with knowledge of the deal.<br \/>\nThe company would sell existing shares in a so-called tender offer led by venture firm Thrive Capital, the report said. Employees will be able to cash out their shares of the company rather than a traditional funding round, which would raise money for the business, the report added. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company to sell existing shares in \u2018tender offer\u2019 led by venture firm Thrive Capital, in similar deal as early last year Microsoft-backed OpenAI has completed a deal that values the artificial intelligence company at $80bn or more, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing multiple people with knowledge of the deal. The company would &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/17\/microsoft-backed-openai-valued-at-80bn-after-company-completes-deal\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Microsoft-backed OpenAI valued at $80bn after company completes deal<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":13364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13363"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}