OpenAI Posts First Profitable Quarter with $3B from Cursor; Grok Seed Round May Beat Google's
salahuddin · x · 2026-08-16
OpenAI reports its first profitable quarter in Q3, earning $3 billion from its investment in Cursor. Separately, it's suggested that Grok's seed round led by Apartovi could be the best return ever, potentially surpassing Google's seed round.
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