OpenAI employees plan to sell $6 billion in shares to investors, valuing the company at $500 billion. Talks are ongoing, with SoftBank leading a $40 billion funding round. Employees can sell shares to compete with companies like Meta for AI talent. SoftBank also purchased $1 billion in shares.

The $500 billion valuation would make OpenAI the world’s most valuable startup. Revenue is expected to triple to $12.7 billion this year. CEO Sam Altman envisions spending trillions on AI infrastructure. Altman is confident despite potential criticism from economists. OpenAI recently released the GPT-5 model.

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