OpenAI lands an $11 billion funding round at a $1.25 trillion valuation
Original title: OpenAI lands an $11 billion funding round, but has to court dentists for more capital
OpenAI received roughly $11 billion in new funding on Friday, the first tranche of a round valuing the company at $1.25 trillion, per Bloomberg, with the full round potentially growing to $20 billion in the coming weeks. OpenAI originally sought $30 billion at a $1.4 trillion valuation but scaled back after an AI-sector selloff; investors include Coatue Management, T. Rowe Price, SoftBank, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, and a UAE consortium, and OpenAI is working with investment banks to bring in wealthy individual investors.
Why it mattersThe article adds details on the downsized round and investor lineup, and notes what courting wealthy individuals signals about the AI funding market.
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OpenAI has received roughly $11 billion in new funding, the first tranche of a round valuing the company at $1.25 trillion. The money was wired on Friday, Bloomberg reports. The full round could grow to $20 billion, with the rest expected in the coming weeks. OpenAI originally sought $30 billion at a $1.4 trillion valuation but scaled back after an AI-sector selloff. Anthropic's valuation is also under pressure ahead of its planned IPO.
Investors include Coatue Management, T. Rowe Price, SoftBank, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, and a consortium from the United Arab Emirates. OpenAI is also working with investment banks to bring in wealthy individual investors. If OpenAI is already courting dentists to scrape together more capital, it tells you the AI funding market is either tapped out or too concentrated on OpenAI and Anthropic. Anthropic's massive B2B success with Claude Code is making life even harder for OpenAI.
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