American company OpenAI is preparing a confidential filing for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States, Reuters reports citing sources familiar with the technology firm's plans.
A company known for developing chatbots Thu GPT, she could go out on American stock market already in September, and according to the latest estimates, its value is around 852 billion dollars. OpenAI is working with investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to prepare a prospectus for the IPO, which should soon be submitted to US regulators. Reuters reminds that the plans to go public came after OpenAI thwarted the lawsuit of the American billionaire Elon Musk, at the moment when the documents for the IPO of the company Spacex are also expected to be submitted.
The company led by Sam Altman could go public and reach a market value of as much as one trillion dollars and raise at least $60 billion in capital. OpenAI raised $122 billion in funding earlier this year, considered the largest investment round in Silicon Valley history.
Chat GPT has more than 900 million weekly active users and more than 50 million consumer subscribers, the company said, as it faces increasing competition from companies such as Google and Anthropic.
Source: Politika / Reuters
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