# OpenAI Closes a $7 Billion Employee Share Sale at an $852 Billion Valuation, Unchanged From March

The company itself bought the shares rather than outside investors, and its confidential initial public offering filing from June still carries no listing date.

- Published: 2026-08-16T06:12:17.236Z
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- Sources: [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/10/openai-wraps-7-billion-share-sale-ahead-of-potential-ipo-.html), [Quartz](https://qz.com/openai-7-billion-employee-stock-tender-offer-ipo-081126), [Dealroom](https://dealroom.co/news/144253-openai-closes-7b-share-sale-at-852b-valuation-ahead-of-ipo/), [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news)

OpenAI has completed a $7 billion tender offer letting current and former employees sell shares, at a valuation of $852 billion. That figure is unchanged from the March 2026 round in which the company raised $122 billion from institutional…

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