According to Forge Global, a leading financial services platform, a total of seven of the highest-valued private tech companies are now worth 1.3trilliononpaper,almostdoublefromthepreviousyear.LeadingthewayistheAIstartupthatinitiatedtheAIarmsrace,SamAltman’sOpenAI.Forgevaluesthestartupat324 billion, followed by Anthropic at 178billion,andxAIat90 billion. All of these notable names have witnessed their valuations soar driven by the AI boom.According to Forge CEO Kelly, ...