05:44 AM EDT, 08/06/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Microsoft ( MSFT ) backed Open AI is in early talks to sell equity owned by its current and former employees at a valuation of $500 billion, Bloomberg reported Wednesday quoting people briefed on the matter.

The company is looking to leverage the secondary stock sale route , the report added.

Bloomberg added that existing investors including Thrive Capital have approached OpenAI about buying some of the employee shares.

OpenAI and Thrive Capital didn't immediately reply to MT Newswires' request for comment.

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