'Softbank To Invest $500M In OpenAI, U.S. Media Report; Apple Reportedly Dropped Out Of Plans To Participate In Large Funding Round' - Nikkei Asia
'Softbank To Invest $500M In OpenAI, U.S. Media Report; Apple Reportedly Dropped Out Of Plans To Participate In Large Funding Round' - Nikkei Asia
Japanese telecom company SoftBank's Vision Fund will invest $500 million in OpenAI's latest funding round, The Information reported on Monday, citing a person familiar with the deal.
據知情人士透露,日本電信公司SoftBank的Vision基金將在OpenAI最新一輪融資中投資50000萬美元,據The Information週一報道。
SoftBank declined to comment, while OpenAI did not immediately respond.
SoftBank拒絕置評,而OpenAI沒有立即回應。
The company at the heart of the artificial intelligence boom is raising $6.5 billion in the form of convertible notes, Reuters exclusively reported in September.
人工智能熱潮中心的公司正在通過可轉換債券籌集65億美元,據路透社9月獨家報道。
Apple reportedly dropped out of plans to participate in the large funding round, which currently values the artificial intelligence startup at $150 billion before the SoftBank investment.
據報道,蘋果已退出參與該大型融資輪計劃,目前該人工智能初創公司估值爲1500億美元,而SoftBank投資前估值將視ChatGPT概念股製造商是否能顛覆其公司結構並取消投資者利潤上限而定。
However, the valuation will be contingent on whether the ChatGPT maker can upend its corporate structure and remove a profit cap for investors.
然而,估值將視ChatGPT概念股製造商是否能顛覆其公司結構並取消投資者利潤上限而定。
The deal represents SoftBank's first investment in the Sam Altman-led firm, the Information report said.
根據The Information的報道,該交易代表SoftBank首次投資由Sam Altman領導的公司。
Reuters reported on Wednesday that OpenAI is working on a plan to restructure its core business into a for-profit corporation that will no longer be controlled by its nonprofit board.
路透社週三報道稱,OpenAI正在制定重組核心業務爲盈利公司的計劃,這將不再受非營利董事會控制。
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