OpenAI Values Itself at $852 Billion in $7 Billion Employee Share Sale

OpenAI has completed a $7 billion share sale, according to reports from Yahoo Finance and The Motley Fool, valuing the company at $852 billion. The transaction is structured to let employees sell shares rather than to raise fresh capital for the company itself. The valuation puts OpenAI among the most valuable private companies in the world, and reports say a future initial public offering could push that figure past $1 trillion. Sam Altman has been steering the company toward a potential IPO as it scales its AI ambitions. What remains unresolved is the timing of any public listing and whether investor appetite at a trillion-dollar valuation would hold up once the company faces public-market scrutiny of its spending and path to profitability.