OpenAI planning $100B infrastructure spend, going public this year at $1T valuation.

OpenAI planning $100B infrastructure spend, going public this year at $1T valuation. | OpenAI is planning a hundred billion infrastructure spend, right? Uh they're trying to go public this year with a trillion dollar valuation and that money is going to be used to build out data centers and energy plants.

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OpenAI is planning a hundred billion infrastructure spend, right? Uh they're trying to go public this year with a trillion dollar valuation and that money is going to be used to build out data centers and energy plants.

OpenAI $100B Stargate commitment announced; IPO not filed but secondary at $852B. 'Going public this year' TBD.

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