OpenAI closes record $122 billion funding round as IPO hopes build

OpenAI has completed a record-breaking funding round, raising $122 billion from investors at a post-money valuation of $852 billion. The company said this is its largest funding round to date.
The round drew support from a wide group of investors, including Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank, wealthy individuals, and a money manager that plans to include OpenAI in its exchange-traded funds. One report also said retail investors contributed $3 billion.
The funding comes as anticipation grows that OpenAI could move toward an initial public offering this year. One article said the company would need to show more profit and stronger discipline if it wants to list on the stock market.
OpenAI has become one of the most closely watched companies in the artificial intelligence sector, and the size of this round makes it one of the biggest funding deals ever completed in Silicon Valley.

OpenAI raised $122 billion in committed capital.

The company’s post-money valuation is $852 billion.

Investors included Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank, wealthy individuals, and a money manager planning to add OpenAI to its ETFs.

Because the funding round adds to speculation that OpenAI could go public this year.

The Guardian

The poster child of the AI boom, valued at $850bn, needs to show strategic discipline after ‘casting its net too wide'

CNBC

OpenAI announced it closed its record-breaking funding round at a post-money valuation of $852 billion. The round totaled $122 billion of committed capital, up from the $110 billion figure that the company previously announced.

WSJ

The $122 billion round includes Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank, wealthy investors and a money manager that plans to add the startup to its exchange-traded funds.

Forbes

OpenAI raised a record-breaking $122 billion in its latest funding round, the artificial intelligence giant announced Tuesday, bringing its post-money valuation to $852 billion.

TechCrunch

OpenAI has closed a deal to raise $122 billion at an $852 billion valuation, its largest funding round to date as the company is expected to hit the public markets this year.

Bloomberg Markets and Finance

OpenAI has completed a deal to raise $122 billion from investors at an $852 billion valuation, marking the company's largest funding round to date. Shirin Ghaffary has more on "Bloomberg The Close.

NYTimes

The start-up has raised a total of $122 billion in a funding round that values the company at $730 billion.

Market Watch

More funds run by Cathie Wood's Ark will have positions in the ChatGPT creator.

PYMNTS

OpenAI raised $122 billion in a funding round that valued it at $852 billion, the company said in a Tuesday (March 31) press release.

Seeking Alpha

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TechXplore

OpenAI on Tuesday said that the startup was valued at $852 billion in a freshly closed funding round that raised $122 billion.

Bloomberg Markets and Finance

OpenAI has reached a mega deal to raise $122 billion at an $852 billion valuation. Much of the capital comes from tech giants including Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank.

The Guardian

Company said it achieved valuation of $852bn, mentioning in a blogpost it generates $2bn a month in revenue

Barrons

Amazon.com and Cathie Wood's ARK Invest were among the backers for OpenAI's $122 billion funding round.

Proactive Investors

OpenAI (Unlisted:OPAI) has completed a significant funding round, securing $122 billion in committed capital at a post‑money valuation of $852 billion. The ChatGPT-maker's funding round was anchored by major strategic partners, including Amazon, NVIDIA, and SoftBank Group, with continued participati...

Bloomberg Technology

Bloomberg's Tim Stenovec discusses OpenAI's recent mega-funding round that valued the company at $852 billion. Plus, Anthropic blames the accidental release of internal source code behind its Claude coding assistant on human error.

Business Wire

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Fundrise Innovation Fund (VCX) today announced its participation in OpenAI's latest funding round, increasing its existing position in one of the world's most consequential technology companies. This week, OpenAI announced that it had closed a new financing round of...

Seeking Alpha

ARK Innovation ETF has added a ~3% allocation to OpenAI via its Series C private placement, seeking exposure to frontier AI labs. I view OpenAI as overvalued at an $852B post-money valuation, as it is highly unprofitable and facing intensifying competition and shrinking market share. ARKK's inclusio...

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