OpenAI repotedly in talks to raise $30B round at $1.4T valuation
Investors are eager to pour more funds into the ChatGPT maker ahead of its anticipated public market debut next year. While Anthropic momentarily outpaced OpenAI at the start of the year, recent strategic refocus on key areas like coding has fueled a 70% jump in run-rate revenue since July, reaching $40 billion in August, according to the report. The company previously raised $122 billion in March at an $852 billion valuation.
- ▪Investors are eager to pour more funds into the ChatGPT maker ahead of its anticipated public market debut next year.
- ▪While Anthropic momentarily outpaced OpenAI at the start of the year, recent strategic refocus on key areas like coding has fueled a 70% jump in run-rate revenue since July, reaching $40 billion in August, according to the report.
- ▪The company previously raised $122 billion in March at an $852 billion valuation.
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In Brief Posted: 12:52 PM PDT · September 29, 2026 Image Credits:Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg / Getty Images Marina Temkin OpenAI repotedly in talks to raise $30B round at $1.4T valuation OpenAI is in talks with investors to raise at least $30 billion in a pre-IPO funding round at a valuation of roughly $1.4 trillion, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. Investors are eager to pour more funds into the ChatGPT maker ahead of its anticipated public market debut next year. While Anthropic momentarily outpaced OpenAI at the start of the year, recent strategic refocus on key areas like coding has fueled a 70% jump in run-rate revenue since July, reaching $40 billion in August, according to the report. The company previously raised $122 billion in March at an $852 billion valuation.
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