OpenAI 正就融资事宜进行洽谈,估值将超过 1000 亿美元

marsbitPublished on 2024-08-28Last updated on 2024-08-29

私人文件显示,OpenAI 股东计划以 1030 亿美元的价格出售股票。任何新的投资都将使这家 AI 初创公司的估值更高。

据报道,人工智能初创公司 OpenAI 正在与风险投资公司进行洽谈,以筹集一年多来最大规模的新资本,这可能使该公司的估值超过 1000 亿美元。 

据《华尔街日报》 8 月 28 日援引知情人士的报道,风险投资公司 Thrive Capital 将在此轮融资中投资 10 亿美元,科技巨头微软预计也将提供资金。

自微软于 2023 年 1 月向这家初创公司投资 100 亿美元以来,此轮融资将是该人工智能公司最重大的新资本注入。

微软目前持有 OpenAI 49% 的股份,自 2019 年以来已向该公司投资 130 亿美元。 

据《华尔街日报》查阅的内部文件显示,OpenAI 股东一直在协商出售其股份的交易,交易价格将使该人工智能公司的估值达到约 1030 亿美元。 

文件还显示,对该公司的任何新投资都可能使 OpenAI 的估值达到这个价格或更高,不包括融资产生的任何新资金。 

今年 2 月,OpenAI 签署了一项协议,允许其员工出售其在公司的股份。此次出售表明,OpenAI 的私人估值为860亿美元。 

OpenAI 的盈利能力令人侧目

尽管报告的收益相对较小,但人工智能公司仍继续吸引投资者。根据最近的报道,OpenAI 的年收入约为 34 亿美元。 

许多评论员 对OpenA的商业模式提出啦批评,科技记者 Ed Zitron 在 8 月 2 日将 OpenAI 的盈利之路描述为“站不住脚的”。 

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他说,OpenAI 要想在 2026 年后继续生存,公司需要筹集的资金将比历史上任何一家初创公司都多。

Zitron 的评论是在最近有报道称 OpenAI 可能在2024年损失高达50亿美元之后发表的,这使该公司面临在 12 个月内耗尽现金的风险。

值得注意的是,OpenAI 投资者并不拥有任何私募股权,因为该初创公司从技术上讲仍然是一个非营利组织。

然而,投资者将资金投入 OpenAI(OpenAI LP)的营利性子公司,一旦达到预定上限,就有权分享该实体的部分利润。

在人工智能公司竞争日益激烈的背景下,可能进行新一轮融资的消息传出。 

谷歌斥资数十亿美元推出了自己的人工智能产品Gemini,这是其最初称为 Bard 的聊天机器人助手的最新版本。 

谷歌和亚马逊向另一家名为 Anthropic 的人工智能公司投资了总计60亿美元,该公司是聊天机器人Claude幕后推手。另一家竞争对手 Meta 则拥有 Meta AI,它使用自己的开源大型语言模型 Llama 3.1。

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