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Rebecca Bellan
Thu, February 19, 2026 astatine 9:35 AM CST 1 min read
OpenAI is nearing a woody to rise much than $100 cardinal astatine a valuation that could transcend $850 billion, Bloomberg reports, citing sources acquainted with the matter.
The woody comes arsenic the ChatGPT-maker burns done currency arsenic it inches towards profitability. To that end, OpenAI has said it has started investigating ads successful ChatGPT for escaped users, a gamble that could pb to much gross oregon could nonstop users moving from the platform.
Apparently investors deliberation it’s worthy the hazard if they’re valuing the institution $20 cardinal higher than the $830 cardinal valuation initially expected. The company’s pre-money worth volition stay astatine $730 billion, per Bloomberg’s source.
The archetypal tranches of backing are reportedly coming from the accustomed suspects: Amazon (already successful talks to put up to $50 billion), SoftBank (gearing up for $30 billion), Nvidia (close to investing $20 billion), and Microsoft. VC firms and sovereign wealthiness funds are expected to adjacent later, perchance bringing the full magnitude raised higher.
TechCrunch has reached retired to OpenAI for comment.
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