软银集团周四表示,已完成对OpenAI的300亿美元投资,作为其对ChatGPT制造商上一轮融资承诺的一部分。
SoftBank Group said on Thursday it has completed its $30 billion investment in OpenAI as part of its commitment to the ChatGPT maker’s last fundraising round.
今年早些时候,OpenAI已获得1220亿美元的承诺投资,使这家由萨姆·奥特曼领导的公司估值达到8520亿美元。亚马逊、英伟达和软银曾为该轮融资提供锚定投资。
Earlier this year, OpenAI had secured $122 billion in commitments that valued the Sam Altman-led company at $852 billion. Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank had anchored the fundraising.
这家由创始人孙正义领导的日本投资集团此前同意通过其愿景基金2期,分三期每期100亿美元投入资金。
The Japanese investment conglomerate, led by founder Masayoshi Son, previously agreed to invest the capital through three tranches of $10 billion each through its Vision Fund 2.
软银上月通过全球最大规模的高收益公司债券发行筹集了111亿美元,以资助其对OpenAI的巨额押注。
SoftBank raised $11.1 billion last month in the largest high-yield corporate bond sale globally to fund its mammoth bet on OpenAI.
在创始人孙正义推动日本集团成为AI领域主导投资者的努力下,软银已成为OpenAI全球最大的支持者之一。
It has become one of the world’s biggest backers of OpenAI under founder Son’s push to make the Japanese conglomerate a dominant investor in AI.
软银对OpenAI的累计投资达到646亿美元,使其持有这家AI实验室13%的股份。
SoftBank‘s cumulative investment in OpenAI stands at $64.6 billion, giving it a 13% stake in the AI lab.
它已取消今年早些时候获得的400亿美元过桥贷款中剩余的100亿美元未提取额度。
It has canceled the remaining $10 billion of undrawn capacity under its $40 billion bridge loan secured earlier this year.