"Oben Ai" ends a $ 40 billion financing round led by Soft Bank

The company “Oben Ai”, developed by the “Chat GBT”, announced that it has ended a $ 40 billion financing round led by the ‘SoftBank’ group and other investors, raising the company’s evaluation to $ 300 billion, including the collected funds. The financing round is the largest ever, according to the data collected by the Pitchbook. This evaluation is almost twice the evaluation of the previous $ 157 billion company during the last financing round in October. On March 26, Bloomberg reported that “Oben AI” was about to complete the $ 40 billion financing agreement. The development of the company’s CEO, Sam Altman, said in a statement on Monday: “Hundreds of millions of people use chat GBT every week. This investment helps us to promote the boundaries of technology and promote artificial intelligence in daily life.” Soft Bank leads this investment round, as it will initially invest $ 7.5 billion, along with $ 2.5 billion from a group of investors, according to a person familiar with the agreement. Among the investors in this group are “Microsoft” businesses, “Coratue Management”, “Altimeter Capital Management” and “Thrive Capital”. A second part of $ 30 billion investments will be pumped by the end of 2025, including $ 22.5 billion of “SoftBank” and $ 7.5 billion from the same group of investors, according to the same person.