OpenAI has announced a colossal $110 billion funding round, pushing its pre-money valuation to an astonishing $730 billion. The investment, detailed in an OpenAI News announcement dated February 27, 2026, includes significant contributions from tech giants Amazon, NVIDIA, and SoftBank, with additional investors expected.
Amazon committed $50 billion, alongside $30 billion each from SoftBank and NVIDIA. These investments are tied to strategic partnerships, notably a multi-year collaboration with Amazon and an expanded compute agreement with NVIDIA for next-generation inference and training capacity.
The capital infusion aims to meet surging global demand for AI across consumers, developers, and businesses, requiring substantial compute, distribution, and capital. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman emphasized scaling infrastructure to turn capacity into reliable products, accelerating the company's mission for AGI to benefit humanity.
Rapid User Growth Fuels Expansion
OpenAI's products demonstrate this demand. Codex, its code-generating AI, now serves 1.6 million weekly users, tripling since the year's start. Over 9 million business users rely on ChatGPT, while the consumer version boasts more than 900 million weekly active users and over 50 million subscribers.
January and February 2026 are projected to be record months for new ChatGPT subscribers. This expansion enables faster responses, higher reliability, and stronger safety, signaling a shift from frontier AI research into global daily application.
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The new valuation also elevates the OpenAI Foundation's stake in the OpenAI Group to over $180 billion. This significantly bolsters the nonprofit's resources, enhancing its capacity to fund philanthropy in health breakthroughs and AI resilience.
