OpenAI is reportedly trying to raise $100B at an $830B valuation
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🗓️ 20 December 2025
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| 0:26.9 | Opening eye is reportedly trying to raise $100 billion at an $830 billion valuation. |
| 0:33.7 | My name is Amaran Jake, and your Saturday Daily Crunch starts right now. |
| 0:38.4 | TikTok's reached a deal to seed a substantial portion of its U.S. operation to a group of American investors, |
| 0:44.4 | thus ending a years-long tussle in which the federal government has sought to force the platform to do just that. |
| 0:50.3 | The new partnership is described as a new TikTok U.S. joint venture in an internal memo from Bight-Dent CEO's show Chu, which was viewed by TechCrunch. |
| 0:59.9 | That arrangement will see major American investors take over significant control of the U.S.-based business. |
| 1:05.6 | The newly formed investor group includes Cloud Giant Oracle, the tech-focused private equity firm Silver Lake, and |
| 1:11.7 | MGX, an Abu Dhabi-based investment firm focused on AI. Together, those companies will own 45% |
| 1:18.6 | of the U.S. operation, while Bight Dance retains a nearly 20% share, the memo states. The new |
| 1:24.7 | entity formed by this partnership has been dubbed TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC. |
| 1:31.8 | Opening Eisen talks to raise up to $100 billion in a funding round that could value the |
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