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Y Combinator's 0.6% stake in OpenAI valued at over $5 billion

Y Combinator holds a stake of approximately 0.6% in OpenAI, which is valued at over $5 billion given OpenAI's current $852 billion valuation. This information was reportedly shared by an individual familiar with OpenAI's investors. The article also references other recent AI developments, including a refactor of LLM 0.32a0, the history of an OpenAI-Microsoft AGI clause, and the DeepSeek V4 model. AI

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IMPACT Provides insight into the financial structure and valuation of leading AI labs like OpenAI.

RANK_REASON Significant funding information regarding a major AI lab's valuation and investor stake.

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  1. Simon Willison TIER_1 Deutsch(DE) ·

    Quoting John Gruber

    <blockquote cite="https://daringfireball.net/2026/05/y_combinators_stake_in_openai"><p>So it’s well known that Y Combinator owns <em>some</em> stake in OpenAI. But how big is that stake? This seems like devilishly difficult information to obtain. I asked around and a little birdi…