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OpenAI seeks $30 billion at a $1.4 trillion valuation
The round would bridge the gap to a stock market listing that Sam Altman has pushed back to 2027 at the earliest.
OpenAI is in talks to raise at least $30 billion, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday 29 September 2026. The valuation before the new money is about $1.4 trillion. It was the day of OpenAI’s DevDay. Bloomberg describes the talks as early, Quartz reports.
The round would sit between OpenAI’s last raise and its listing. In March the company raised $122 billion at an $852 billion valuation after the money, in a round led by SoftBank, Amazon and Nvidia. The new figure is about 64 per cent above that mark, Cointelegraph notes.
Sam Altman has put the public offering back beyond 2026 while the company works on safety, TechCrunch reports. Bloomberg’s sources say investors are the ones pushing for the round. OpenAI filed confidential listing papers with the SEC in June and now aims for 2027 at the earliest, according to Cointelegraph.
Its rival is moving faster. Anthropic plans to list this year at a valuation above $2 trillion, the same report notes.
For companies building on OpenAI’s models, private money pays for the compute behind them. It comes without the disclosure a listed company owes its shareholders.
Sources
- TechCrunch: OpenAI reportedly in talks to raise $30B round at $1.4T valuation. Checked
- Quartz: OpenAI targets $30 billion funding round at $1.4 trillion valuation. Checked
- Cointelegraph: OpenAI Eyes $30B Raise as IPO Wait Continues. Checked
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