On December 18, it was reported that due to a special stock sale plan arranged by OpenAI with Japan's SoftBank Group, approximately 400 current and former OpenAI employees will be able to cash in millions of dollars. According to insiders, this offer allows certain OpenAI employees and former employees to sell their shares to SoftBank at a price of $210 per share. This transaction allows employees to cash out a portion of their equity, as the company's valuation has doubled over the past year to $157 billion. Sources say that SoftBank plans to purchase up to $1.6 billion worth of stock from eligible shareholders, who must have received restricted stock units over two years ago to participate. Eligible OpenAI shareholders must decide whether to sell and how much to sell by December 24. OpenAI currently has over 2,000 employees. If the transaction is oversubscribed, current OpenAI employees will have priority over former employees.