<div id="readability-page-1"><div id="ArticleBody-InlineImage-108276826"><div><div><p>CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman speaks during the 2026 Infrastructure Summit of government officials, corporate executives, and labor leaders, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 11, 2026.</p><p>Kylie Cooper | Reuters</p></div></div></div><div><p>OpenAI on Tuesday announced that it closed a record-breaking funding round at a post-money valuation of $852 billion. </p><p>The round totaled $122 billion of committed capital, up from the $110 billion figure that the company announced in February. <span id="RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-3">SoftBank<span><span id="-WatchlistDropdown"></span></span></span> co-led the round alongside other investors, including Andreessen Horowitz and D. E. Shaw Ventures, OpenAI said. </p><p>OpenAI kickstarted the artificial intelligence boom with the launch of its ChatGPT chatbot in 2022, and the company has since ballooned into one of the fastest-growing commercial entities on the planet. As of March, ChatGPT supports more than 900 million weekly active users, including more than 50 million subscribers. </p><p>&#34;AI is driving productivity gains, accelerating scientific discovery, and expanding what people and organizations can build,&#34; OpenAI said in a release. &#34;This funding gives us the resources to continue to lead at the scale this moment demands.&#34;</p><p>With the close of its latest funding round, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will be under pressure to justify his company's massive valuation, especially as it gears up for a potential IPO. The startup has been retreating from some hefty spending plans and shuttering certain features and products in recent months, including its short-form video app Sora, as it looks to rein in costs.</p></div><div><p>OpenAI said Tuesday that it's generating $2 billion in revenue per month. It made $13.1 billion in revenue last year. The company is still burning cash and is not yet profitable.</p><p>In February, OpenAI revealed $110 billion of commitments from some of its strategic investors that anchored its funding round. <span id="RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-11">Amazon<span><span id="-WatchlistDropdown"></span></span></span> agreed to invest up to $50 billion in the startup, <span id="RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-12">Nvidia<span><span id="-WatchlistDropdown"></span></span></span> invested $30 billion, and SoftBank invested $30 billion. </p><p>The additional $12 billion of capital that OpenAI raised came from a broader pool of investors. OpenAI said it extended participation to investors through bank channels for the first time and raised $3 billion from individual investors. </p><p><span id="RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-13">Microsoft<span><span id="-WatchlistDropdown"></span></span></span>, one of OpenAI's longtime partners, also participated, but OpenAI did not disclose the size of the company's investment in its Tuesday release. As of late last year, Microsoft had invested more than $13 billion in the startup. </p><p>&#34;Moments like this do not come often,&#34; OpenAI said. &#34;The capital being deployed today is helping build the infrastructure layer for intelligence itself. Over time, that value will flow back into the economy, to companies, to communities, and increasingly to individuals.&#34;</p><p><em>— CNBC's MacKenzie Sigalos contributed to this report.</em></p><p><strong>WATCH:</strong> OpenAI sees more opportunity in enterprise, coding AI than consumer side: Big Technology’s Kantrowitz</p></div><div><p>Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.</p></div></div>

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<p>OpenAI has closed a record-breaking funding round totaling $122 billion, raising its post-money valuation to $852 billion. The funding, co-led by SoftBank, includes significant investments from Amazon, Nvidia, and Microsoft. Despite generating $2 billion in monthly revenue, OpenAI is not yet profitable and is under pressure to justify its valuation as it prepares for a potential IPO. The company aims to leverage this capital to enhance its AI infrastructure and drive productivity gains.</p>

- OpenAI announced a record-breaking funding round, achieving a post-money valuation of $852 billion and raising $122 billion in committed capital, co-led by SoftBank and other investors.  
- The startup, which transformed the AI landscape with its ChatGPT chatbot, is generating $2 billion in monthly revenue but remains unprofitable as it reduces spending and prepares for a potential IPO.  
- Notable investors included Amazon, Nvidia, and Microsoft, with OpenAI emphasizing the funding’s role in building critical AI infrastructure that will benefit the economy over time.

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OpenAI closes record-breaking $122 billion funding round as anticipation builds for IPO