OpenAI reportedly completed a $7 billion employee tender offer

# OpenAI Employees Just Got a Major Payday OpenAI completed a $7 billion deal that lets employees sell their company shares, giving them access to cash they've been holding onto since joining the artificial intelligence startup. This kind of tender offer is how private companies let workers cash out without going public, and it signals confidence that OpenAI's valuation—how much the company is worth—keeps climbing. For OpenAI staff, it means their early bet on the company is now paying real dividends.