thejapantimes (@thejapantimes@mastodon.social)
OpenAI completed a deal to raise $122 billion from investors at an $852 billion valuation, marking the company's largest funding round to date and bolstering its costly push for more chips, data centers and talent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/04/01/tech/openai-852-billion-round/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #openai #ai #chatgpt
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openai-122b-funding-valuation-ipo-superapp (@openai-122b-funding-valuation-ipo-superapp@xenospectrum.com)
OpenAI、1220億ドルの巨額調達で評価額8520億ドルに到達：IPOへ向けて加速する「AIスーパーアプリ」構想とインフラ覇権
2026年3月末、人工知能のグローバルな覇権争いにおいて、テクノロジー業界の歴史を完全に塗り替える特筆すべきマイルストーンが記録された。OpenAIは、1220億ドルの資金調達ラウンドを完了し、ポストマネーでの企業評価額が8520億ドル（約130兆円）に達したことを正式に発表した。これは、同社が2025年4月に実施して大きな話題を呼んだ400億ドルの資金調達を容易に上回る規模である。また、最大の競合であるAnthropicが本年2月に発表した300億ドルの調達（評価額3800億ドル）と比較しても、その資本力と市場からの期待値において一線を画す未曾有の到達点だ。 この驚異的な規模の資金調達は、単なる一介のAI開発企業による資本拡充の枠をすでに大きく超えている。今回の発表の中でOpenAIが提示した各種の財務指標や戦略的メッセージは、株式の新規公開（IPO）を目指す同社による事実上の「宣誓書」であり、自らを現代における次世代インターネット・インフラストラクチャそのものとして位置付けようとする野心の表れだ。 未公開市場から個人投資家へ：IPOに向けた周到なる地ならし 今回の資金調達ラウンドにおける最大の注目点の一つは、従来のテクノロジー企業が主導した機関投資家頼みの調達構造から脱却し、個人投資家の資金を大胆に引き入れたことである。OpenAIは今回初めて銀行のチャネルを通じて、個人投資家から直接30億ドルを調達した。これに加えて、ARK […]https://xenospectrum.com/openai-122b-funding-valuation-ipo-superapp/
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torbenkopp_com (@torbenkopp_com@mastodon.social)
LLMs sind nicht der Weg zur AGI #agi #ai #künstlicheintelligenz #llm #aihype #openai #chatgpt #ebook #claude #copilot #buch #bûcher
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habr (@habr@zhub.link)
(Не) безопасный дайджест: если бы в ИБ была «Премия Дарвина» – 2026
В апреле мы традиционно отдаем микрофон нашему начальнику отдела безопасности Алексею Дрозду (aka @labyrinth , который каждый год собирает для нас подборку забавных и парадоксальных ИБ-инцидентов. Шеф ИБ допускает утечку, криптокошельки пустеют после фотосессии налоговой, нейросеть собирает армию пылесосов-шпионов – все подробности под катом.
https://habr.com/ru/companies/searchinform/articles/1017800/
#утечки #утечки_информации #chatgpt #конфиденциальные_данные #иимодель #итпоставщик #пароль #криптокошелек
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TheBadPlace (@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online)
yahoo news | OpenAI closes record-breaking $122 billion funding round as anticipation builds...
OpenAI announced on Tuesday that it has sealed a record‑breaking funding round valued at $852 billion post‑money, raising a total of $122 billion in committed capital. The round was led by SoftBank and included Andreessen Horowitz, D.E. Shaw Ventures and a broader pool of investors, with $3 billion coming from individual backers through bank channels for the first time. Earlier in February the company had disclosed $110 billion of commitments; the new influx adds $12 billion more, bringing the total to the historic $122 billion figure.
Since launching ChatGPT in 2022, OpenAI’s platform now serves more than 900 million weekly active users, including over 50 million paid subscribers. The firm reported generating roughly $2 billion in revenue each month, amounting to $13.1 billion for the most recent fiscal year, though it continues to burn cash and remains unprofitable. In recent months the company has trimmed spending, shutting down projects such as the short‑form video app Sora, as it works to rein in costs while scaling its AI infrastructure.
The massive valuation places heightened pressure on CEO Sam Altman to justify the price ahead of a potential initial public offering. OpenAI says the new capital will help “build the infrastructure layer for intelligence itself,” with the expectation that AI‑driven productivity gains will eventually flow back to the broader economy, companies, and individuals. Observers note that the funding round underscores the strategic importance of AI to major tech players, including Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank and Microsoft, all of which have pledged multibillion‑dollar investments in the startup.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/31/openai-funding-round-ipo.html
#openai #softbank #samaltman #chatgpt
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TheBadPlace (@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online)
All Content from Business Insider | OpenAI's ad push explained in one chart by Peter Kafka
Sam Altman's OpenAI has big ambitions for its ads push.Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
There's a very good chance you use ChatGPT.There's also a very good chance you don't pay to use ChatGPT. Most people who use it don't.OpenAI wants to turn those non-paying users into revenue streams by showing them ads.Sam Altman and OpenAI are getting serious.
They're dropping sidequests like Sora, and trying to catch up to rival Anthropic, which has a booming business selling tools to coders.
ChatGPT has lots of users, but only a sliver of them are paying the service. The rest could see ads.Read the original article on Business Insider
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-ads-openai-sam-altman-chart-paid-users-free-2026-3
#advertising #artificial-intelligence #openai #tech #chatgpt
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ManzanasEnfrentadas (@ManzanasEnfrentadas@mas.to)
ChatGPT en tu coche 🚗!! Con CarPlay es posible!!
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MMagdowski (@MMagdowski@bildung.social)
Weil #ChatGPT einige Quellen seiner #Bachelorarbeit frei erfunden hat, entwickelt Elektrotechnik-Student Lukas eine #Zeitmaschine, um in die Vergangenheit zu reisen und die halluzinierten Literaturquellen selbst zu veröffentlichen, so dass seine Arbeit nicht mit ungenügend bewertet wird.
https://mathiasmagdowski.wordpress.com/2026/04/01/student-entwickelt-zeitmaschine/
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display (@display@squeet.me)
Immer mehr Menschen nutzen KI-Chatbots als seelische Stütze. Worauf achten , wenn Chatbots für Krisengespräche verwendet werden?#WDR #Schieb #Digital #ChatGPT #Chatbots #Psychotherapie #Therapie #Therapeuten #Krisengespräch #KünstlicheIntelligenz #KI #DeutschlandInternational
Psychotherapieplätze sind umkämpft, Chatbots trösten gratis: Kann KI bei Seelenkrisen helfen?
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MrClicko (@MrClicko@mastodon.social)
Wird meine Website dank #KI endlich hübsch? Ich lasse mir mit #Gemini und #ChatGPT ein #Logo designen und komme zum Schluss: Knapp daneben ist auch vorbei. #clickomaniach
http://blog.clickomania.ch/2026/04/01/logo-gestaltung-mit-gemini-und-chatgpt/
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bielsubob (@bielsubob@infosec.exchange)
ChatGPT acts as a “cognitive crutch” that weakens memory, new research suggests
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2026 (@2026@virtualorganizationrecruiter.com)
Road to Human Evolution 2-22-2222 ::: Destination The Moon and The Free World
Pierre Coupet outlines the symbiotic relationship between going to the Moon, The Free World, and embarking on the Road to Human Evolution 2-22-2222. Proceed to Virtual Organization Management Institute Repository for details.
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