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OpenAI closes $122B round at $852B valuation, opens door to retail investors

There is a number that keeps getting larger, and on Tuesday it got larger again. OpenAI announced that it had closed its latest funding round with $122 billion in committed capital, valuing the ChatGPT maker at $852 billion post-money. The figure is up from the $110 billion the company announced in February, when Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank each committed tens of billions to anchor what was already the largest private funding round in history.

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OpenAI’s Big Numbers: $122 Billion Funding Round, 900 Million Weekly ChatGPT Users.

OpenAI’s latest round of private investment has closed, with participation from Amazon, Nvidia, Softbank, and Microsoft, as well as $3 billion from individual investors, as it prepares for a potential IPO. This comes after it announced the end of its video generator Sora, and the announcement says it will focus on building a “unified superapp” with ChatGPT, Codex, browsing, and other agents all built in.

OpenAI, not yet public, raises $3B from retail investors in monster $122B fund raise

OpenAI's latest funding round, led by Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank, values the AI lab at $852 billion as it nears an IPO.

OpenAI raises $122 billion to accelerate the next phase of AI

Today, we closed our latest funding round with $122 billion in committed capital at a post money valuation of $852 billion.

Why SoftBank’s New $40B Loan Points to a 2026 OpenAI IPO

Wall Street giants JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs are extending a 12-month, unsecured loan to the Japanese conglomerate.