SoftBank Group plans to invest $1.5 billion in OpenAI through tender offer
The Japanese tech investment company is starting a tender offer to buy shares worth $1.5 billion in OpenAI from employees of the startup, a person familiar with the matter said.
SoftBank Group is starting a tender offer to buy shares worth $1.5 billion in OpenAI from employees of the startup behind ChatGPT, a person familiar with the matter said.
The Japanese tech investment company is making the investment through its Vision Fund 2, the person said, adding that current and former OpenAI employees will have until Dec. 24 to decide whether to sell their shares.
CNBC has previously reported that OpenAI is allowing employees to sell roughly $1.5 billion worth of shares in a new tender offer to SoftBank.
SoftBank invested about $500 million in OpenAI through its Vision Fund 2 when the startup raised $6.6 billion in a recent round of new funding.
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Write to Kosaku Narioka at kosaku.narioka@wsj.com
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