Part of OpenAI's Funding Race · 2 stories · since Sep 14 · newest 3h ago
OpenAI in talks for $1.2T private round as IPO slips furtherRevenue surge and Anthropic's rival IPO push frame the raise
2 Sep 15 6:06 PM · 8d ago · 50 articles · 15 posts · 2 comments · 6 sources · development 2 of 3
Coverage notes OpenAI's annualized revenue topped $40 billion last month, up 20% sequentially on the GPT-5.6 rollout, even as it burned $34 billion last year; rival Anthropic is meanwhile preparing an IPO as early as October at a targeted $2 trillion valuation.
OpenAI AI developer, maker of ChatGPTAlpesh Patel Rootbridge Capital analystSoftBank OpenAI investorThrive Capital OpenAI investorAnthropic Rival AI developer
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first by Seoul Economic Daily, 8d ago
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OpenAI is reportedly in early talks to raise funding at a $1.2T+ valuation, up roughly 41% from March’s $852B. An IPO is expected in 2027. The company reports over 1B active users, while Q2 revenue grew 18% to $6.7B. But operating margins declined, pushing profitability further
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Man I get the hype, but I feel like in the chaos of the world right now, there’s smarter investments out there on discount that aren’t AI that will produce solid returns at a lower bar of entry. In a bad interest rate environment with low capex, it’s going to be discount days for construction, materials, manufacturing, etc… So many companies are…
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OpenAI Is Reportedly Weighing New Funding Round At $1.5 Trillion Valuation https://www. forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/ 2026/09/16/openai-is-reportedly-weighing-new-funding-round-at-15-trillion-valuation/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Breaking News @ breaking-news-forbes
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🚨 OPENAI IS IN TALKS FOR ANOTHER FUNDING ROUND, AT A $1.2 TRILLION VALUATION. but the details are more interesting: > valuation jumped 41% in just 6 months > annualized revenue jumped 20% after GPT-5.6 now passing $40B/year > investors approached OpenAI (not the other way) > reason for raising: O...
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If you need 100b to keep the lights on and you're turning to debt for that then you absolutely can go somewhere sometime soon.
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Scoop: OpenAI is in talks with investors for a new round at a ~$1.2tn valuation. Convos are early and terms could change, not least because the market is working out how to price in existential risk from AI. w/ George Steer
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Ahahahah so OpenAI isn't “considering a new funding round at about $1.5 trillion,” that's how much it wants and investors wanted to invest at $300 billion less. Hilarious
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