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

Source: https://openai.com/index/accelerating-the-next-phase-ai
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/OpenAI-raises-dollar122-billion-to-accelerate-the-next-phase-of-AI?index=0x69cccf160c16980626ad66699f4de302938052f02293037d48114e062da934fe224d9432
Submitted by tim on 2026-04-01 UTC, 1 upvote, 0 comments

## Summary

OpenAI announced it closed a funding round with $122 billion in committed capital at a post-money valuation of $852 billion. The round was anchored by Amazon, NVIDIA, and SoftBank, with continued participation from Microsoft, and it included over $3 billion raised from individual investors through bank channels. OpenAI reported more than 900 million weekly ChatGPT users and said it is now generating $2 billion in revenue per month.