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OpenAI just closed one of the largest funding rounds in tech history, raising $122 billion in committed capital at a $852 billion post money valuation. The round brings together heavy hitters from the AI and finance worlds and gives the company fresh resources to scale its infrastructure and products at a time when demand for advanced AI keeps climbing. ChatGPT already drives massive usage with over 900 million weekly active users and more than 50 million subscribers. 🤖
Funding details show broad investor confidence
Amazon, NVIDIA, and SoftBank anchored the deal while Microsoft continued its participation. SoftBank co led alongside a16z, D. E. Shaw Ventures, MGX, TPG, and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates. A long list of institutions joined in, including funds from BlackRock, Blackstone, Fidelity, Sequoia Capital, Temasek, and Thrive Capital. For the first time, bank channels opened the door to individual investors and brought in over $3 billion. OpenAI will also appear in several ARK Invest exchange traded funds. See coverage from Bloomberg on the valuation jump and Reuters breakdown of the investor lineup.
The company expanded its revolving credit facility to roughly $4.7 billion, backed by a syndicate that includes JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Goldman Sachs, and others. That facility remains undrawn for now but adds flexibility as OpenAI invests in hardware and data centers.
Revenue growth and product momentum
OpenAI reports strong business performance. Revenue sits at $2 billion per month and grows four times faster than Alphabet and Meta. Enterprise revenue makes up more than 40 percent of the total and heads toward parity with consumer revenue by the end of 2026. The firm launched GPT 5.4, its most capable model yet, and expanded Codex into a full coding agent that now serves over 2 million weekly users. APIs handle more than 15 billion tokens per minute. An ads pilot reached over $100 million in annual recurring revenue in under six weeks. For developers exploring these tools, check OpenAI models and API access and top coding assistants powered by advanced AI.
OpenAI continues to broaden its infrastructure beyond core providers. It works with NVIDIA as the foundation but adds partners across cloud services from Microsoft, Oracle, AWS, CoreWeave, and Google Cloud, plus silicon options from AMD, AWS Trainium, Cerebras, and its own chip project with Broadcom. Data center collaborations include Oracle, SBE, and SoftBank. This diversified approach strengthens reliable compute access and supports lower costs at scale. Read more on similar infrastructure strategies in CNBC analysis of OpenAI compute plans.
The company now builds toward a unified AI superapp that combines ChatGPT, Codex, browsing, and agentic features into one system focused on real world usability. The bet is that better integration of intelligence with everyday workflows will unlock the next wave of adoption. With this capital in hand, OpenAI has the means to keep pushing that vision while competitors race to match its scale. source
