OpenAI secured up to £31 billion from SoftBank in a funding round that values it at £232 billion. The intention is to support AI research and tools like ChatGPT. That £7.7 billion would be hard cash upfront, with another £23.2 billion during December, depending on OpenAI’s shift away from a not-for-profit structure into a for-profit and a further £387 billion Stargate project with Oracle. The tech news: OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, announced on Monday that it will be funding up to £31 billion ($40 billion) in a massive financing round led by Japan’s SoftBank. With a breathtaking valuation of…