OpenAI closes $11B first tranche of a round valuing it at $1.25T
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-11-07
Per Bloomberg, OpenAI has closed $11B as the first tranche of a new funding round valuing the company at $1.25 trillion. Investors wired the cash the same day, with the remainder — up to $20B in total — expected within weeks.
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