Two OpenAI Business Partners Each Discuss $2 Billion Valuation

OpenAI’s rapid growth continues to boost the prospects of suppliers and other business partners whose sales are also climbing quickly.

Anysphere, which develops Cursor, an artificial intelligence coding assistant powered in part by OpenAI technology, has received investment offers from venture capitalists at a valuation of around $2.5 billion, up more than six times from its valuation in a deal roughly four months ago, according to two people with direct knowledge of the situation.

Meanwhile, Mercor, a staffing provider OpenAI and other AI developers use to find contractors, has spoken to investors about raising at least $100 million at a valuation of as high as $2 billion—eight times higher than its valuation in a financing six months ago, according to two people with direct knowledge of the discussions.