New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- Just a week after OpenAI secured fresh funding at a $300-billion valuation, reports emerged of potential share sales at $500 billion. If it goes through, that kind of valuation would place OpenAI among only around 20 companies valued at over half a trillion dollars globally.

OpenAI's latest funding round, worth $8.3 billion, was oversubscribed five times. The investor appetite reflected their confidence in the AI startup's ability to dominate a market that the UN Trade and Development projects will explode by 25 times in size in a decade.

OpenAI's momentum is undeniable. The company has continuously upgraded its flagship ChatGPT product, recently launching GPT-5, which it claims can provide PhD-level expertise. Fin...