# OpenAI Goes For Gold (or At Least Uber!)
Well, it seems like the artificial intelligence startup behind the charmingly chatty ChatGPT is preparing for a financial glow-up! With a staggering funding boost, OpenAI is strutting its stuff on the Wall Street catwalk, flaunting a valuation that throws it in the same league as Uber. Let’s break this down, shall we?
## Key Points:
– **Valuation Boom**: OpenAI’s beauty is now worth $157 billion, which makes even Elon Musk’s bank account look like pocket change.
– **Big Bucks**: The startup secured a whopping $6.6 billion in a recent funding round — that’s enough cash to buy every single robot vacuum ever made!
– **Star Investors**: Among the heavyweights throwing their dollars at OpenAI are chipmaking giant Nvidia and the ever-busy SoftBank of Japan.
– **For-Profit Transition**: OpenAI is reportedly planning to shift gears into a full-blown for-profit operation, leaving its free-spirited nonprofit roots behind.
– **Funding Followers**: Thrive Capital is leading the charge, with additional backers like the Abu Dhabi-backed MGX — because why not diversify the portfolio with AI s
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/02/openai-raises-66bn-in-funding-is-valued-at-157bn
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