Prediction Market Gives OpenAI More-Than-Even Odds of a $1.25 Trillion Valuation by Year-End

Prediction-market traders are assigning about 54% odds that OpenAI's valuation reaches at least $1.25 trillion by Dec. 31, making the company's next private round a live referendum on AI's most closely watched private-market valuation. The move follows early funding discussions that could value the ChatGPT maker at more than $1.2 trillion, while the market's current benchmark valuation remains $908.65 billion.