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OpenAI Reportedly Rushes a ~$30B Raise Before Anthropic’s IPO

At $1.4T+, per @kimmonismus, with $50B in annualized revenue and $70B targeted by year-end.

“Competition is heating up again.”

OpenAI is reportedly rushing a ~$30B raise at $1.4T+ so it closes before Anthropic’s IPO in mid-November, @kimmonismus reports.

MeasureFigure
Raise~$30B
Valuation$1.4T+
Annualized revenue now$50B
Year-end revenue target$70B
Anthropic IPOMid-November
As reported by @kimmonismus.

His read on the timing: “Nobody wants to be priced next to the other one’s S-1, seriously.”

Sources

  1. @kimmonismus on X · Oct 20, 5:24 AM PT
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