OpenAI Secures 11B in Funding at 1.25T Valuation

OpenAI has closed an 11 billion dollar funding round valuing the company at 1.25 trillion dollars. SoftBank and MGX participated in the investment round. The funding falls short of the initial 30 billion dollar target.

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FILE PHOTO: A person stands next to the logo of ChatGPT, an AI-powered chatbot by OpenAI at Bharat Mandapam, one of the venues for AI Impact Summit, in New Delhi, India, February 17, 2026. REUTERS/Bhawika Chhabra/File Photo

OpenAI raised $11 billion in a new funding round on Friday, setting its valuation at $1.25 trillion. The capital injection marks the initial tranche of a larger fundraising push by the artificial intelligence developer. SoftBank and MGX participated in the financing round, according to investors familiar with the transaction.