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OpenAI reportedly set aside an employee stock grant pool worth $50B during fall 2025. An employee grant pool is a reserved slice of ownership used for future options or restricted stock, so its dollar value rises and falls with valuation.
The pool is said to equal about 10% of the company at a reported $500B October 2025 valuation. OpenAI has already issued about $80B of vested equity, and that plus the new pool totals about 26% of the company.
If these numbers hold, they show how compensation and fundraising are being shaped by the AI talent m
OpenAI reportedly set aside an employee stock grant pool worth $50B during fall 2025. An employee grant pool is a reserved slice of ownership used for future options or restricted stock, so its dollar value rises and falls with valuation.
The pool is said to equal about 10% of the company at a reported $500B October 2025 valuation. OpenAI has already issued about $80B of vested equity, and that plus the new pool totals about 26% of the company.
If these numbers hold, they show how compensation and fundraising are being shaped by the AI talent m
