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OpenAI raises $110B on $730B pre-money valuation

OpenAI raises $110B in one of the largest private funding rounds in history | TechCrunch

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February 27, 2026

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OpenAI has raised $110 billion in private funding, marking one of the largest funding rounds in history. The investment includes $50 billion from Amazon and $30 billion each from Nvidia and SoftBank, with a pre-money valuation of $730 billion.

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OpenAI has raised $110 billion in private funding, marking one of the largest funding rounds in history, with significant investments from Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank.
Amazon's investment includes a $50 billion contribution and a commitment to develop a new stateful runtime environment for OpenAI models on its Bedrock platform.
OpenAI plans to consume at least 2GW of AWS Trainium compute as part of its expanded partnership with Amazon, which includes an additional $100 billion in compute services.
Nvidia has committed to providing 3GW of dedicated inference capacity and 2GW of training on Vera Rubin systems as part of its investment in OpenAI.

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OpenAI's absence from the top 10 on openrouter's ranking suggests that the market may undervalue its models compared to competitors, raising questions about its performance.
The lofty $730B valuation appears disconnected from OpenAI's current capabilities, especially in code generation where competitors like Anthropic seem to excel.