According to CNBC, the source saidSoftBankis nearing completion of its review of the OpenAI The $40 billion (note: currently around RMB 291.518 billion) major investment has a pre-investment valuation of $260 billion (currently around RMB 1.89 trillion).
SoftBank will disburse the funds over the next 12 to 24 months.That means OpenAI has a post-investment valuation of $300 billion.(currently about RMB 2.19 trillion), with the first payment due as soon as spring.
Following this investment, theSoftBank to overtake Microsoft as largest investor in OpenAIPreviously, in October 2024, OpenAI was valued at $157 billion by private investors. Previously, in October 2024, OpenAI was valued at $157 billion by private investors. The funding round was initially expected to value OpenAI at $340 billion, but sources later said it was closer to $300 billion.
Some of the funds will go towards OpenAI's investment in the Stargate program, a joint venture announced in January 2025 between SoftBank, OpenAI and Oracle. The new company will invest $500 billion (currently about 3.64 trillion yuan) over the next four years to build new AI infrastructure for OpenAI in the United States.
