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(FILES) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the Microsoft Build conference at the Seattle Convention Center Summit Building in Seattle, Washington on May 21, 2024. OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has closed a massive funding round, an investor said on October 2, 2024, as the company led by Sam Altman seals its place as the world leader on artificial intelligence. Venture capital firm Thrive Capital, the leading investor in the new round, confirmed a report by CNBC which said that the round raised $6.5 billion, lifting OpenAI to a $150 billion valuation. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP)
Californian company OpenAI, which makes generative AI chatbot ChatGPT, said Wednesday it was expanding its global reach with four new offices.
The firm, which recently got a massive cash injection from investors including Microsoft and chip titan Nvidia, said it would open new sites in Paris, Brussels, Singapore and New York.
It has already opened an office in London and another in Dublin.
The public launch of ChatGPT in late 2022 catapulted the firm into the global spotlight.
ChatGPT allows users to generate human-like text documents from simple conversational prompts.
OpenAI also makes programs that produces images and is working on a video generator.
The firm raised $6.6 billion in cash and secured a $4 billion credit line earlier this month, propelling it to a reported $157 billion valuation.
