OpenAI slashes funding target by $10 billion amid tech rout, FT reports

OpenAI has slashed the target for its latest funding round by $10 billion amid a selloff in tech stocks ​driven by AI worries, the Financial Times reported on Friday, ‌citing people with knowledge of the matter. The ChatGPT maker is now seeking about $20 billion and its desired valuation has dropped to $1.25 trillion from $1.4 billion, the report ​said. OpenAI set a Friday deadline for investors to commit to ​the funding round, but the "first close" is expected to raise ⁠less than $20 billion after some investors reduced their allocations, it ​added.