[HN Gopher] OpenAI closes $40B funding round, startup now valued...
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       OpenAI closes $40B funding round, startup now valued at $300B
        
       Author : rvz
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2025-03-31 22:02 UTC (58 minutes ago)
        
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       | paxys wrote:
       | Of course it's SoftBank..
        
       | comrade1234 wrote:
       | > 300B.
       | 
       | lol. Yeah ok. Meanwhile I can use deepseek under the Berkeley
       | license with minimal hardware locally and not have to offload my
       | content to you who will just incorporate it into your model.
        
       | metadat wrote:
       | Currently on front page:
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       |  _New funding to build towards AGI_
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43540477
        
       | drbig wrote:
       | $40B goes in... and what comes out we'll all see. _Something_
       | definitely will.
        
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