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How to Approach OpenAI's Latest Investment Round in an Investment Banking Interview ?🤔

Here is my 5 bullet point framework to pitch OpenAI in your next IB interview...

💼 Overview
OpenAI recently raised $6.6B, boosting its valuation to $157B. This almost doubled from $86B it raised during an employee stock sale earlier this year.

💼 Key Investors
💰Thrive Capital: $1.25B
💰Microsoft: ~$1B
💰SoftBank: ~$500M
💰 Tiger Global Management: $350M

💼 Financial Snapshot
Despite strong growth, OpenAI is currently operating at a loss. This year, it’s expected to lose ~$5B on projected revenues of $3.7B.

💼 Valuation vs. Nvidia
At a $157B valuation, OpenAI is trading at 13x its estimated 2025 revenue of $12B. For comparison, Nvidia trades at 17x but it is profitable, while OpenAI is burning $5B annually.

💼 Growth Strategy
According to the NYT, OpenAI is on track to hit $100B in revenue within five years.

What's the strategy to achieve this?
Increase the price of ChatGPT’s paid plan to $44/month. Scale up to 200M paying users (half the number of Office 365’s user base). Currently, OpenAI boasts 250M weekly active users and 11M paying subscribers (source: WSJ).

➡️ In a finance interview, highlighting these insights will show your understanding of both the challenges and opportunities facing a rapidly evolving tech giant like OpenAI.

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