Dec 3 (Reuters) – OpenAI has agreed to acquire Neptune, a startup that provides tools that help companies track their AI model training, the ChatGPT maker said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
While OpenAI did not disclose the financial terms of the deal, The Information reported that OpenAI is paying less than $400 million in stock, citing people with knowledge of the deal.<\/p>\n
Sign up here.<\/a><\/p>\n OpenAI did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for confirmation on the deal value.<\/p>\n The Sam Altman-led firm is already a Neptune customer, using Neptune’s tracker to monitor and debug training of its GPT large language models. Some of Neptune’s other clients include Samsung, Roche and HP (HPQ.N), opens new tab<\/a>.<\/p>\n Initially an internal tool at Deepsense, Neptune was spun off as an independent startup in 2018. The company has secured more than $18 million in funding, according to its website.<\/p>\n OpenAI reached a valuation of $500 billion<\/a> in October, following a deal in which current and former employees sold roughly $6.6 billion worth of shares.Microsoft-backed (MSFT.O), opens new tab<\/a> OpenAI is preparing for what could rank among the largest IPO ever, with a potential valuation of up to $1 trillion. The firm is laying the groundwork to go public and may file with securities regulators as early as the second half of 2026, Reuters has reported.<\/p>\n However, OpenAI’s chief financial officer, Sarah Friar, said later in November that a listing is not in the startup’s near-term plans.<\/p>\n OpenAI has taken a stake in Thrive Holdings<\/a> as part of a partnership to embed artificial intelligence into traditional industries such as accounting and IT services.<\/p>\n Reporting by Deborah Sophia in Bengaluru and Juby Babu in Mexico City; Editing by Alan Barona<\/p>\n Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n