OpenAI raises $122 billion in new funding to expand frontier AI globally, invest in next-generation compute, and meet growing demand for ChatGPT, Codex, and enterprise AI.

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OpenAI has closed a $122 billion funding round at an $852 billion post-money valuation, backed by Amazon, NVIDIA, SoftBank, Microsoft, a16z, and dozens of other global institutions. The company reports $2 billion in monthly revenue, 900 million weekly active ChatGPT users, and over 50 million subscribers. OpenAI is expanding its compute infrastructure across multiple cloud providers and chip platforms, and plans to build a unified AI superapp combining ChatGPT, Codex, and agentic capabilities. Codex now serves over 2 million weekly users, growing 70% month over month.

OpenAI raises $122 billion to accelerate the next phase of AI