OpenAI Valuation Soars to $500 Billion Following Secondary Share Sale

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OpenAI Valuation Soars to $500 Billion Following Secondary Share Sale

OpenAI’s revenue has also been rising sharply. The company generated around $4.3 billion in the first six months of 2025. This figure is approximately 16% higher than its total earnings for the whole of the previous year.

RMN News Business Desk
New Delhi | October 3, 2025

OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has seen its valuation surge to $500 billion. This significant increase follows a secondary share sale where employees and former staff cashed out shares worth $6.6 billion.

The transaction, which highlights the artificial intelligence company’s rapid growth in both users and revenue, lifts the AI giant’s value substantially from its previous valuation of $300 billion. With this new valuation, OpenAI now surpasses both SpaceX and ByteDance.

The AI company had cleared sales of more than $10 billion of stock on the secondary market. The shares in the recent sale were purchased by several investors, including Thrive Capital, SoftBank, Dragoneer Investment Group, Abu Dhabi’s MGX, and T Rowe Price. SoftBank’s participation in this deal builds upon its earlier investment in OpenAI’s $40 billion primary funding round.

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OpenAI’s revenue has also been rising sharply. The company generated around $4.3 billion in the first six months of 2025. This figure is approximately 16% higher than its total earnings for the whole of the previous year.

The timing of the deal reflects a broader trend, as technology firms are currently battling to secure top AI talent with generous pay packages. For example, Meta has poured billions into Scale AI and recently recruited its 28-year-old founder, Alexandr Wang, to lead its new superintelligence division.