OpenAI nears up to $30 billion funding round at $1.25 trillion valuation led by UAE investors
The deal would add private capital before a potential initial public offering and could help OpenAI secure more computing capacity, people familiar with the talks said.
- The San Francisco-based OpenAI is raising up to $30 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation, with investors from the United Arab Emirates leading the round alongside Coatue.
- Alongside the new investment, OpenAI is negotiating a commercial deal to secure more computing capacity from the UAE, an arrangement aimed at helping the firm obtain additional power as it expands.
- CFO Sarah Friar told employees a listing will likely come in 2027, as the financing is being positioned as an "opportunistic" bridge ahead of a potential IPO for which OpenAI has filed confidentially.
- Investors were told Thursday that OpenAI aims to secure signatures by the end of next week, though the final size of the round is still being determined.
- This fundraising occurs amid choppy tech markets and rising interest rates, with jitters surrounding CoreWeave, while Anthropic's expected IPO will serve as a key test of investor appetite for the sector.
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OpenAI's Funding Talks Reportedly Drop to a $1.25 Trillion Valuation, $150 Billion Below Earlier Price
CNBC and Bloomberg report that OpenAI is negotiating a round of up to $30 billion at $1.25 trillion before new money, down from $1.4 trillion discussed earlier, with UAE investors and Coatue in the lead. OpenAI declined to comment.
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