New turn in OpenAI funding at $15B and $1.25T
CNBC says OpenAI will get $15 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation, half of its $30 billion goal.
OpenAI first tried to get $30 billion at a $1.4 trillion valuation. In March 2026 it got $122 billion at a valuation of $852 billion.
CNBC reports, citing sources, that OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, will get $15 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation. A valuation is the price that investors put on a company, and OpenAI needs money for chips. Bloomberg News reported on 6 November that about $11 billion of the money came in, days before the Anthropic debut.
Who pays
David Faber of CNBC says Nvidia gave OpenAI about $30 billion and SoftBank about $65 billion. OpenAI continues to get money although its revenue grows fast.
The numbers
The value is about 47% above the $852 billion of March 2026. CNBC says the $1.25 trillion is a pre-money value, before the new money, and the 47% is approximate. CNBC says revenue rose about 50% from the second to the third quarter.
What is not known
The sources are not named. Anthropic plans to sell shares at $70 to $78 each, a value near $1.2 trillion to $1.3 trillion. They could trade on Nasdaq on 19 or 20 November.
Insight: The Anthropic debut may test the OpenAI price
OpenAI gets half of its goal at a lower value. A report in October says it gives discounts of 90 percent to win Anthropic customers. The Anthropic price range is near the OpenAI mark. This reads as a race for a public price. When Anthropic shares trade, investors can compare the two firms. Monitor the first trading days.
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