Khaberni - Reuters quoted a source today, Thursday, saying that the value of OpenAI, the developer of the chatbot Chat GPT, reached 500 billion dollars after a deal in which current and former employees sold shares worth nearly 6.6 billion dollars.
This represents an increase in its current value of 300 billion dollars, highlighting the rapid gains the company has made in terms of user numbers and revenue.
The source said that as part of the deal, OpenAI employees sold shares to a consortium of investors including Thrive Capital, SoftBank, Dragoneer Investment Group, MGX in Abu Dhabi, and T. Rowe Price.
The source added that the company allowed the sale of shares worth more than 10 billion dollars in the secondary market.
The company achieved revenues of about 4.3 billion dollars in the first half of 2025, an increase of approximately 16% over the revenues of the entire previous year, according to the Information website this week.
OpenAI said it spent a significant amount of 2.5 billion dollars, largely due to research and development costs, to develop artificial intelligence and operate "Chat GPT", according to the same website.
Social Network
Two days ago, on Tuesday, "OpenAI" unveiled a new mobile app called "Sora" which allows users to create video clips using artificial intelligence, presented by the company that developed "Chat GPT" as a social network platform.
The app is currently available to a limited number of users in the United States and Canada, and is based on the latest model for generating video clips with artificial intelligence, "Sora 2", the successor to "Sora" which was introduced by the company in February 2024 and its name was officially adopted for this application.
