The historic OpenAI funding round and what’s next [Video]

It’s been another big week in high tech coverage for theCUBE, including a special broadcast with VAST Data for their Cosmos event and live analysis from Anyscale’s Ray Summit event. But the recent OpenAI funding round was a big subject for theCUBE Research founding analysts John Furrier (pictured, left) and Dave Vellante (right) to dive into on the latest episode of the CUBE Podcast.

OpenAI brought in $6.6 billion from investors to support the company’s artificial intelligence research. It’s so much cash that it’s almost mind-blowing, according to Furrier.

“Essentially, it’s a bigger valuation than most IPOs in the history of tech,” Furrier said. “OpenAI will dominate our conversation. I’ve got a lot of opinions on this … It’s just a lot of different storylines on OpenAI.”

OpenAI funding round represents historic funding

The latest round of OpenAI funding points to what is now becoming a generational shift that has been chronicled on theCUBE. It’s historic funding and …