OpenAI is reportedly close to finalizing a new funding round expected to exceed $100 billion, potentially pushing its valuation beyond $850 billion, according to Bloomberg.
If completed, the round would more than double the company’s previous record-setting $40 billion raise and further cement OpenAI’s position as the most heavily capitalized private technology company in history.
Major strategic investors are expected to participate, including:
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Amazon (up to $50B)
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SoftBank (around $30B)
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Nvidia ($20B)
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Microsoft
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Additional venture capital firms
Despite the scale of capital inflow, OpenAI continues to invest aggressively in infrastructure, including long-term commitments to Nvidia and Oracle for compute capacity.
CEO Sam Altman emphasized that profitability is not the immediate priority:
“We are growing at an extremely fast rate right now… we should focus on continuing to grow faster and faster.”
The move comes as OpenAI reportedly prepares for a potential IPO, possibly as early as this year, amid growing competition from Anthropic and other frontier AI players.
Why It Matters
This is no longer just venture funding.
It represents:
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The largest capital concentration in AI history
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A compute arms race among hyperscalers
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A pre-IPO positioning strategy
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Long-term bets on AI infrastructure dominance
The AI race is increasingly defined by capital scale and infrastructure control — not just model performance.
Source: Finance.Yahoo
