OpenAI has Closed a $40b Funding Round

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OpenAI Secures $40B in Historic Funding Round — But There’s a $10B Catch
OpenAI raises a record-breaking $40B at a $300B valuation, led by SoftBank, to fuel AGI research, expand infrastructure, and launch next-gen AI models.
OpenAI closes $40B funding round, CNBC reports
Microsoft (MSFT)-backed OpenAI closed its $40 billion funding round, the most ever raised by a private tech company, CNBC’s Hayden Field and
OpenAI Finalizes $40 Billion Funding at $300 Billion Value
OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT, said it has finalized a funding round that will bring in $40 billion from SoftBank Group Corp. and other investors at a $300 billion valuation,

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Developers Wanted: OpenAI Seeks Feedback About Open Model That Will Be Revealed ‘In the Coming Months’
Find out how to provide OpenAI with your input about its upcoming open language model, which Sam Altman stated will be a "reasoning" model like OpenAI o1.
OpenAI plans to release open-weight language model in coming months
OpenAI is planning to release its first open-weight language model with reasoning capabilities since GPT‑2 in the coming months, CEO Sam Altman said on Monday.
OpenAI is ready to embrace an open weight AI model strategy
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has announced the company will release an 'open-weight' AI model, a strategic shift to compete with models like DeepSeek's R1 and Meta's Llama.
OpenAI’s o3 model might be costlier to run than originally estimated
OpenAI's o3 model might be costlier to run than originally estimated, according to a third-party benchmarking org.
OpenAI has $20 billion to win or lose in its race to become a for-profit
The ChatGPT maker has announced $40 billion in new funding, but $20 billion of that will depend on its controversial ...
OpenAI plans to make Deep Research free on ChatGPT, in response to competition
OpenAI will soon offer its Deep Research feature, which allows for extended AI research tasks, to free ChatGPT users, ...
Researchers suggest OpenAI trained AI models on paywalled O’Reilly books
A new study suggests that OpenAI used paywalled books from O'Reilly media without permission to train some of its more recent ...
An AI Watchdog accused OpenAI of using copyrighted books without permission
A new paper from the AI Disclosures Project claims OpenAI trained GPT-4o on paywalled content from O’Reilly Media—raising ...
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All of the news and updates about OpenAI continue below. OpenAI has raised $40 billion in a new investment round led by ...
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OpenAI to raise $40 billion in SoftBank-led round to boost AI efforts
OpenAI said on Monday it would raise up to $40 billion in a new funding round led by SoftBank Group at a $300 billion ...
Sam Altman says OpenAI's new releases make him feel like a 'YC founder' building things in public all over again
Altman said last week that OpenAI's "GPUs are melting" after the company rolled out new image generation features.
President of $61.5 billion Anthropic makes a case for AI in college classrooms as it seeks to challenge OpenAI and Google
Anthropic wants to reshape AI’s role in education. With its new chatbot, the $61.5 billion company hopes to turn AI from an ...
OpenAI funding round could be cut by $10 billion if for-profit conversion doesn't occur by year-end
The provision ramps up the pressure on OpenAI to convert into a for-profit entity, a plan that will need the blessing of ...
OpenAI seeks to convene group to advise its nonprofit goals
OpenAI is seeking to convene a group of experts to advise its nonprofit goals as the company transitions to a for-profit ...