OpenAI完成83亿美元融资，估值达3000亿美元，软银缺席引发合作变数

Group 1 - OpenAI recently completed a financing round of $8.3 billion, bringing its valuation to $300 billion, with notable investors including Blackstone, TPG, and T. Rowe Price, while SoftBank was absent from this round [1] - OpenAI's annual recurring revenue surged from $10 billion in June to $13 billion, with expectations to exceed $20 billion by year-end; the number of paid enterprise users for ChatGPT grew explosively from 3 million to 5 million, and weekly active users surpassed 700 million [3] - The absence of SoftBank in the recent financing round raises concerns about the partnership dynamics, especially since a previous $40 billion investment led by SoftBank had not materialized as expected, and there are ongoing delays in the AI infrastructure project "Star Gate" [4] Group 2 - The latest valuation of $300 billion positions OpenAI significantly ahead of competitors, as the race for funding in the generative AI sector intensifies, with competitors like Anthropic also seeking substantial investments [5] - Anthropic is expected to raise up to $5 billion in its latest funding round, potentially increasing its valuation to $170 billion, nearly tripling from $61.5 billion earlier this year [5] - OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman emphasized the imminent release of GPT-5, which is anticipated to be a more powerful model integrating multimodal capabilities and advanced reasoning, with a potential launch in early August [6]