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OpenAI Valuation in 2025: Inside the $500 Billion AI Giant and Its Road to a $1 Trillion IPO

OpenAI Valuation in 2025: Inside the $500 Billion AI Giant and Its Road to a $1 Trillion IPO

OpenAI is now one of the most valuable private companies in history — and one of the most controversial. After an October 2025 secondary share sale led by SoftBank and other investors, the ChatGPT maker hit a $500 billion private valuation, with employees selling about $6.6 billion worth of stock at that price.Reuters At the same time, Reuters reports that OpenAI is also laying the groundwork for an IPO that could value the company at up to $1 trillion as early as 2026–2027.Reuters+2Yahoo Finance+2 Yet the company is still deeply loss-making, is committing more than a trillion dollars to AI infrastructure, and faces intensifying competition from Google, Anthropic
Ramp Hits $32 Billion Valuation as Lightspeed-Led $300 Million Round Accelerates Its AI Finance Push

Ramp Hits $32 Billion Valuation as Lightspeed-Led $300 Million Round Accelerates Its AI Finance Push

New York-based fintech Ramp has vaulted to a $32 billion valuation after closing a new $300 million primary funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, alongside an employee tender offer that lets staff cash out part of their equity. The deal, announced on Monday, November 17, 2025, caps one of the fastest valuation run-ups in private fintech this year and underlines how aggressively investors are now backing AI-driven “autonomous finance.” PR Newswire+1 Lightspeed leads a $300M bet on “autonomous finance” Ramp describes itself as a financial operations platform that bundles corporate cards, expense management, bill pay, procurement, travel, accounting automation

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Johnson & Johnson stock price: What to watch after talc-case law firm ouster and new AFib data

Johnson & Johnson stock price: What to watch after talc-case law firm ouster and new AFib data

7 February 2026
Johnson & Johnson shares rose 0.9% to $239.99 Friday after a New Jersey appeals court disqualified Beasley Allen from state talc cases, citing improper coordination with a former J&J attorney. The ruling affects about 3,600 state lawsuits, while a related federal motion is pending. J&J also reported early 12-month pilot data for its investigational AFib device at a cardiology meeting.
Walmart stock jumps 3% to $131 as Dow clears 50,000 — what to watch before Monday

Walmart stock jumps 3% to $131 as Dow clears 50,000 — what to watch before Monday

7 February 2026
Walmart shares climbed 3.34% to $131.18 Friday, pushing its market value to about $1.05 trillion as the Dow closed above 50,000 for the first time. Retail stocks mostly gained, with Target up 4.24% and Costco up 1.20%, while Amazon dropped 5.55%. Investors await Walmart’s fiscal Q4 results on Feb. 19 and key U.S. economic data next week.
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