OpenAI valued at $1.25 trillion after raising $11 billion in new funding round

What happened

According to Bloomberg, OpenAI has raised another $11 billion in a new round of funding, valuing the company at $1.25 trillion. That would make it one of the world’s most valuable companies.

This comes not long after OpenAI raised $122 billion from investors in March at a valuation of $852 billion — a notable increase in just a few months.

Key details

• The round was initially expected to raise as much as $30 billion at a higher valuation of $1.4 trillion, but that did not materialize.
• Bloomberg's report echoes those from the FT and Wall Street Journal last week: OpenAI is still pursuing additional investments that could bring the total to $20 billion.
• The original attributes the shortfall to two factors: tech stocks dropping, and midterm election results showing how much public opinion has turned against AI companies and data center projects.
• Meanwhile, rival Anthropic filed its S-1 to go public last week. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman previously said the company is holding off on its own IPO until it can make more confident claims about its models' safety. He gave no specific timeline, but said at the time, 「I think it's also kind of bad for the world if OpenAI waits too long to go public.」

Why it matters

The $1.25 trillion valuation places OpenAI among the world's most valuable companies, showing continued investor conviction. Yet within the same round, the target shrank from $30 billion to $11 billion and the valuation goal fell from $1.4 trillion to $1.25 trillion, reflecting shifting market conditions — a tech stock pullback and changing public attitudes toward AI companies and data center projects.

The two leading AI companies are also heading down different capital paths: Anthropic is moving toward an IPO via its S-1 filing, while OpenAI has tied going public to making more confident claims about model safety and continues to rely on private funding.

Who it affects

• AI industry professionals and investors: funding sizes, valuations, and IPO timing at the top companies shape capital flows and expectations across the industry.
• Parties involved in data center construction: the original explicitly notes that public opinion has turned against AI companies and data center projects, a trend that could affect how such projects proceed.
• Competitors and partners of OpenAI and Anthropic: the differing fundraising and IPO paths of the two companies may reshape the competitive landscape.

Stevie Bonifield

is a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI.

OpenAI is now valued at $1.25 trillion in a new round of funding that has raised another $11 billion, according to Bloomberg. That would make it one of the world’s most valuable companies, not long after raising $122 billion from investors in March at a valuation of $852 billion.

Echoing FT and Wall Street Journal reports from last week, Bloomberg says OpenAI is still pursuing additional investments that could increase the amount to $20 billion, and that it had initially hoped to raise as much as $30 billion at a higher valuation of $1.4 trillion. That was before tech stocks dropped, and the results of the midterms showed how much public opinion has turned against AI companies and data center projects.

OpenAI’s rival Anthropic filed its S-1 to go public last week. Earlier this year, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said it’s holding off on its own IPO until it can make more confident claims about its models’ safety. He didn’t give a specific timeline for the IPO, but said at the time, “I think it’s also kind of bad for the world if OpenAI waits too long to go public.”

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