Desk Report:
OpenAI reaches $500 billion market cap milestone
ChatGPT maker OpenAI has set a new record for market value amid fierce competition around the world in artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The company’s value has now reached $500 billion, Reuters reported. The company confirmed this information, citing sources close to the matter.
Current and former employees have sold about $6.6 billion in shares under a deal. As a result, the company’s previous valuation has reached $500 billion, up from $300 billion. It highlights the pace of OpenAI‘s user and revenue growth.
Reuters first reported the share sale last August. As part of the deal, OpenAI employees have sold their shares to multiple investor groups. Investors include Thrive Capital, SoftBank, Dragonair Investment Group, Abu Dhabi’s MGX and T Rowe Price.
The source also said that OpenAI had approved the sale of shares worth more than $10 billion in the secondary market.
SoftBank previously invested in OpenAI’s $40 billion primary funding round. This new share sale also adds to their previous investment.
It is worth noting that OpenAI earned about $4.3 billion in the first six months of 2025. This income is about 16 percent more than the full year of 2024.
Currently, major technology companies around the world are competing in the AI technology sector. Huge salary packages are being offered to attract employees. In such a context, Meta recently invested a billion dollars in Scale AI. Not only that, the company has also brought Scale AI’s 28-year-old CEO Alexander Wang to the team and given him the responsibility of a new ‘super intelligence unit’.
