.OpenAI's Sora artificial intelligence device makes it possible for users to make AI-generated video clips coming from text-based inputs.Costfoto|Nurphoto|Getty ImagesOpenAI CFO Sarah Friar is actually aiming to reassure its own entrepreneurs that the richly valued artificial intelligence startup is still in a tough setting and is poised to shut a big financing around quickly, despite losing top talent this week.In an e-mail to OpenAI's capitalists viewed through CNBC, Friar dealt with the departure of Main Modern technology Police Officer Mira Murati, that announced her departure on Wednesday. Later on that day, Sam Altman said two leading research study executives, Bob McGrew and Barret Zoph, were additionally leaving." I desired to personally communicate following the news of Mira's parting coming from OpenAI," Friar wrote in the letter, which was viewed by CNBC. "While management improvements are certainly never quick and easy, I desire to guarantee you have the complete context." Friar incorporated that, "Our company are actually incredibly happy with every thing she's assisted construct," and also claimed the San Francisco-based provider still has a "skilled leadership seat" to compete.OpenAI, which is actually supported through Microsoft and just recently partnered with Apple on its artificial intelligence for iPhones, resides in the middle of shutting a $6.5 billion funding round, which need to value the company at approximately $150 billion, depending on to resources familiar with the issue. Thrive Funds is leading the around, as well as organizes to commit $1 billion, depending on to sources.Friar stated in the e-mail that the funding round was oversubscribed and also would nearby following full week. She stated the crew organizes to organize a set of phone calls along with real estate investors to offer the group to essential forerunners coming from item and also study groups." Jointly, our team stay laser-focused on delivering AI to everybody and also building maintainable income designs that sustain our operations as well as deliver worth to our entrepreneurs and also staff members," Friar composed. The company is actually "thrilled for you to become with our team as our company enter our next chapter," she wrote.OpenAI decreased to discuss the email.Murati's variation follows 6 and an one-half years at the firm. She temporarily worked as interim chief executive officer last year after the panel of supervisors abruptly fired up Altman. When Altman was actually rapidly restored, Murati returned to the role of CTO.Sarah Friar has been actually called OpenAI CFOAnjali Sundaram|CNBCThe company was actually actually managing the loss of crucial execs. Co-founder John Schulman and also safety main Jan Leike left to participate in rivalrous Anthropic. Co-founder Ilya Sutskever left to begin one more AI firm, while yet another creator, Greg Brockman, performs a vacation of absence.Friar pointed out Smudge Chen will definitely step into the role of of elderly vice head of state of research, and also innovators like Kevin Weil, who joined coming from Meta, as well as Srinivas Narayanan are actually the "best folks to keep pushing the borders of technology." Friar was actually formerly CEO of Nextdoor, as well as prior to that CFO at Block, formerly Square.Also on Thursday, at an all-hands appointment, Altman refused that there are plans for him to obtain a "big equity risk" in the company, phoning documents of such a development "just certainly not correct," depending on to an individual that remained in attendance.Altman and also Friar both mentioned at the appointment, conducted through video recording, that financiers have increased problems concerning Altman not possessing equity in the company that he co-founded just about 9 years earlier, pointed out the person, who asked certainly not to become named due to the fact that the gathering was actually merely for employees.WATCH: Sam Altman's top representants leave.