Microsoft (MSFT)-backed OpenAI is in early stage talks for a potential sale of stock for current and former employees at a valuation of roughly $500B, Bloomberg’s Shirin Ghaffary reports. People briefed on the discussions say the company is targeting a secondary stock sale in the “billions” of dollars, and existing investors including Thrive Capital have approached OpenAI about buying some of the employee shares.
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