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DeployCo, which launches with $4b of investment at a $10b pre-money valuation and OpenAI retaining majority control, is a committed partnership between OpenAI and 19 leading global investment firms, consultancies, and system integrators. The partnership is led by TPG, with Advent, Bain Capital, and Brookfield as co-lead founding partners, and B Capital, BBVA, Emergence Capital, Goanna, Goldman Sachs, SoftBank Corp., Warburg Pincus, and WCAS as founding partners.
As part of the OpenAI Deployment Company after closing, the team will strengthen OpenAI’s ability to help customers move from use case selection to production deployment faster. Its engineers will help connect OpenAI models to customers’ data, tools, controls, and core business processes, accelerating DeployCo’s ability to deploy AI systems that work in day-to-day operations.
https://openai.com/index/openai-launches-the-deployment-company/?stream=top
