The makers of ChatGpt are restrained in becoming the most valuable private company in the world. Openai is in talks to sell $6 billion in stock, according to multiple reports. The AI startup stocks are sold to investors by current and former employees.
Openai has seen exponential growth over the past year. Investors, including Microsoft and SoftBank, have poured at least $400 billion into startups, giving them a valuation of $300 million as of March. It was valued at $15.7 billion last October.
If Openai achieves a $500 million valuation, it will outweigh Elon Musk's SpaceX, which currently holds the world's most valuable private company titles.
A reported cohort of investors currently focusing on Openai's stock sales include three companies that have already invested in: SoftBank, Dragoneer Investment Group and Thrive Capital. According to Bloomberg, consultations are early stages and numbers may vary. Openai declined to comment.
Openai leads a crowded, competitive race, with the world's most powerful companies fighting to beat each other with AI. Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft are all spending huge amounts of money on AI development. Engineer employment and building data centers. The four companies spent a total of $155 billion on AI development in 2025 alone.
Although artificial intelligence has improved since the release of ChatGPT in 2022, Openai received lukewarm water earlier this month with the debut of the latest version of AI that supports the chatbot GPT-5. Users said the writing of the new AI model has deteriorated and the character of the previous iteration is lacking.
Openai CEO Sam Altman said his company is pursuing “artificial general information,” or AI that can surpass humans in most tasks, but in a recent launch, GPT-5 said that although it is “generally intelligent,” it has yet to “learn on a continuous basis.”
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AI companies are increasingly scrutinizing by regulators for chatbots that create harmful conversations and interact with users.
