"Move over, PayPal mafia: There's a new tech mafia in Silicon Valley. As the startup behind ChatGPT, OpenAI is arguably the biggest AI player in town. The company is reportedly now in talks to finalize a $100 billion deal, valuing the company at more than $850 billion. Many employees have come and gone since the company first launched a decade ago, and some have launched startups of their own."
"In January, Aliisa Rosenthal, OpenAI's first sales leader, spoke a little bit about this growing network. She, like the other OpenAI alums who did not become founders, decided to become an investor and said she was going to tap into the ex-OpenAI founder network to look for deal flow. We know Peter Deng, OpenAI's former head of consumer products (and now general partner at Felicis) already has."
OpenAI has become a central hub for AI talent, with many former employees founding startups that shape the industry. Some ex-employees launched top competitors such as Anthropic, while others attracted investor capital before shipping products, as with Thinking Machine Labs. Founders-turned-operators include Adept AI Labs and Anthropic, and several alumni moved into investing roles to source deal flow. OpenAI is reportedly negotiating a $100 billion deal that would value the company above $850 billion. Multiple alumni-led companies have raised large funding rounds, driving intense competition and a dense Silicon Valley network of AI ventures.
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