OpenAI reportedly in talks to raise $30B round at $1.4T valuation
OpenAI reportedly in talks to raise $30B round at $1.4T valuation
据报道，OpenAI 正商谈以 1.4 万亿美元估值筹集 300 亿美元资金
OpenAI is in talks with investors to raise at least $30 billion in a pre-IPO funding round at a valuation of roughly $1.4 trillion, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. 据彭博社周二报道，OpenAI 正在与投资者商谈进行一轮 IPO 前融资，计划筹集至少 300 亿美元，估值约为 1.4 万亿美元。
Investors are eager to pour more funds into the ChatGPT maker ahead of its anticipated public market debut next year. 在 ChatGPT 开发商预计于明年首次公开募股（IPO）之前，投资者们正急于向其注入更多资金。
While Anthropic momentarily outpaced OpenAI at the start of the year, recent strategic refocus on key areas like coding has fueled a 70% jump in run-rate revenue since July, reaching $40 billion in August, according to the report. 据报道，尽管 Anthropic 在今年年初曾短暂领先于 OpenAI，但近期 OpenAI 通过将战略重心重新聚焦于编程等关键领域，使其年化收入自 7 月以来激增了 70%，并在 8 月达到 400 亿美元。
The company previously raised $122 billion in March at an $852 billion valuation. That funding round was supposed to be its last private raise before an IPO, which had been, until recently, expected to take place this year. 该公司此前曾在 3 月份以 8520 亿美元的估值筹集了 1220 亿美元。那轮融资原本被认为是其 IPO 前的最后一轮私募融资，而 IPO 此前曾被预期在今年进行。
However, CEO Sam Altman has now ruled out a public debut in 2026 to prioritize AI safety first. 然而，首席执行官萨姆·奥特曼（Sam Altman）目前已排除了 2026 年上市的可能性，以优先考虑人工智能安全。
“I think it is unacceptable to be taking like a 10% chance of killing everybody by the end of the decade,” he recently told Fortune, in response to warnings from safety researchers about AI posing an existential risk to humanity. “我认为，在本世纪末之前冒着 10% 的风险导致全人类灭亡是不可接受的，”他最近在接受《财富》杂志采访时表示，以此回应安全研究人员关于人工智能对人类构成生存风险的警告。
The new fundraising, if it transpires, will serve as a bridge round to the IPO, according to Bloomberg. OpenAI didn’t respond to TechCrunch’s request for comment. 据彭博社称，如果这轮新的融资得以实现，它将作为通往 IPO 的过渡轮融资。OpenAI 未回应 TechCrunch 的置评请求。