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    Sonal Shridhar Shinde in News

    10-Jan-2023 10:51 AM


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    Microsoft plans to invest $10 bln in OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT

    Microsoft Corp is in talks to invest $10 billion into OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, which will value the San Francisco-based firm at $29 billion, Semafor reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
    The funding includes other venture firms and deal documents were sent to prospective investors in recent weeks, with the aim to close the round by the end of 2022, the report said.
    Microsoft declined to comment, while OpenAI did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment.
    OpenAI, founded by Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk and investor Sam Altman, made the ChatGPT chatbot available for free public testing on Nov. 30.
    A chatbot is a software application designed to mimic human-like conversations based on user prompts.
    Source: ZeeNews
    #ChatGPT #Microsoft #OpenAI