OpenAI reportedly seeks $100B funding

OpenAI held preliminary talks in December 2025 about raising new money at a valuation of around $750 billion, according to a Reuters report that cited The Information. The report said the ChatGPT maker could raise as much as $100 billion, though Reuters said at the time it could not independently verify the discussions and OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment. By March 31, 2026, OpenAI said it had completed a larger financing round, raising $122 billion at an $852 billion post-money valuation. ### Where did the $100 billion and $750 billion figures come from? Reuters reported on December 17, 2025 that The Information had described preliminary OpenAI talks with some investors about a fundraising at around a $750 billion valuation. Reuters said the amount under discussion could reach as much as $100 billion. (finance.yahoo.com) Business Standard, citing Reuters, carried the same figures on December 19, 2025 and said the discussions were preliminary. That version also said the investors and detailed terms were not publicly identified. ### Did OpenAI ever confirm that specific round? (finance.yahoo.com) OpenAI did not confirm the December 2025 $100 billion-at-$750 billion report in the material surfaced here. Reuters said at the time that OpenAI did not immediately respond to its request for comment. OpenAI did, however, publish a March 2026 post saying a new financing round had increased the value of the OpenAI Foundation’s stake in OpenAI Group to more than $180 billion. (business-standard.com) The company said the funding and partnerships would help finance AI development and related philanthropy. ### What actually happened in 2026? Reuters reported on February 27, 2026 that OpenAI’s latest funding round valued the company at $840 billion and brought in $110 billion. (finance.yahoo.com) Reuters said SoftBank and large technology companies participated in that financing. Bloomberg and CNBC later reported that OpenAI completed an even larger round on March 31, 2026, raising $122 billion at an $852 billion valuation. (openai.com) CNBC said OpenAI announced that closing itself. Bloomberg described the deal as the company’s largest funding round to date. ### Why do social-media posts still cite the older numbers? Za’s X post appears to echo the December 2025 reporting rather than describe a newly announced May 2026 financing. (money.usnews.com) The $100 billion and $750 billion figures match the Reuters and The Information report from December, while more recent published reports describe a completed 2026 round at higher figures. (cnbc.com) That means the safest reading is chronological: first, reports of preliminary talks at about $750 billion in December 2025; later, reports and company statements showing a completed 2026 financing at materially higher valuations. That sequence is an inference from the dates and figures in the published reports. (finance.yahoo.com) ### What is the cleanest takeaway from the reporting trail? The December 2025 report described discussions, not a signed transaction. The March 2026 disclosures and subsequent coverage describe a completed financing round, with larger proceeds and a higher valuation than the figures cited in the earlier report. (finance.yahoo.com) March 31, 2026 is the clearest next reference point in the public record surfaced here, because that is when OpenAI said it completed the round and outside outlets reported the final valuation. (cnbc.com) (finance.yahoo.com)