Microsoft and Nvidia love Sam Altman. Proof? OpenAI’s $6.6 billion funding haul

OpenAI raised $6.6 billion from investors which could value the company at $157 billion. The funding has attracted returning venture capital investors including Thrive Capital and Khosla Ventures, as well as OpenAI’s biggest corporate backer Microsoft. It also saw new participation from Nvidia and comes at a time when the company has been going through restructuring efforts and executive changes, including the abrupt departure of its longtime Chief Technology Officer, Mira Murati.