
OpenAI became one of the world's most valuable private companies after it raised $6.6 billion in the much-anticipated funding round, which valued the ChatGPT maker at $157 billion.
OpenAI did not name the investors, but reports said that the funding round was led by New York-based venture capital firm Thrive Capital, including the company's biggest backer Microsoft, Khosla Ventures and new participants, chipmaker Nvidia, SoftBank, Altimeter Capital, Fidelity, and Abu Dhabi's state-backed investment firm MGX.