SoftBank Secures Bigger OpenAI Stake With $1.5B Employee Share Buyout: Report
SoftBank Secures Bigger OpenAI Stake With $1.5B Employee Share Buyout: Report
OpenAI, backed by $13 billion in funding from investors includingOpenAI enables employees to sell up to $1.5 billion worth of shares in a tender offer led by SoftBank Group (OTC:SFTBY) (OTC:SFTBF).
OpenAI允許員工通過軟銀集團（場外交易：SFTBY）（場外交易：SFTBF）發起的招標要約出售高達15億美元的股份。
What Happened: The transaction, set to close by Dec 24, allows SoftBank to deepen its stake in the AI leader while offering liquidity to current and former employees, reported CNBC, citing people familiar with the matter.
發生了什麼：該交易預計將在12月24日完成，使軟銀能夠加深其在人工智能領軍企業的股份，同時爲現任和前任員工提供流動性，CNBC援引知情人士報道。
The deal, priced at $210 per share, aligns with OpenAI's recent $157 billion valuation. SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son drove the move, following a $500 million investment in OpenAI's last funding round. This marks another step in Son's aggressive AI strategy, with SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 also backing startups like Glean and Perplexity.
該交易的價格爲每股210美元，與OpenAI最近的1570億美元估值相符。軟銀首席執行官孫正義推動了這一舉措，此前在OpenAI的最後一輪融資中進行了50000萬美元的投資。這標誌着孫正義在激進人工智能策略中的又一步，軟銀的願景基金2還支持了像Glean和Perplexity這樣的初創企業。
OpenAI, backed by $13 billion in funding from investors including Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) and NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA), has emphasized the importance of such tender offers amid a dormant IPO market.
OpenAI獲得了來自包括微軟公司（納斯達克：MSFT）和英偉達公司（納斯達克：NVDA）在內的投資者的130億美元融資，強調了在停滯的IPO市場中此類招標要約的重要性。
This initiative reflects the company's commitment to employee satisfaction and continued capital-raising to sustain its growth in the competitive generative AI market.
這一舉措反映了公司對員工滿意度的承諾，以及繼續籌集資金以維持在競爭激烈的生成性人工智能市場中的增長。
SoftBank and OpenAI did not immediately respond to Benzinga's request for comment.
軟銀和OpenAI沒有立即回應Benzinga的評論請求。
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