OpenAI has finalized a massive funding round exceeding one hundred billion dollars. On February 27th local time, OpenAI announced the completion of a new $110 billion funding round, achieving a pre-money valuation of $730 billion. The investment includes $30 billion from SoftBank, $30 billion from NVIDIA, and $50 billion from Amazon.

OpenAI stated that it has also entered into a strategic partnership with Amazon and secured a supply of next-generation inference computing power from NVIDIA. As this funding round progresses, additional financial investors are expected to join. "These partnerships expand our global reach, deepen our infrastructure, and strengthen our balance sheet, enabling us to bring cutting-edge AI to more people, businesses, and communities worldwide," the company said.

It was reported that since the beginning of this year, weekly active users for Codex have more than tripled, reaching 1.6 million. Meanwhile, ChatGPT's weekly active users exceed 900 million, with individual subscribers surpassing 50 million and paid enterprise users exceeding 9 million.

OpenAI indicated that subscription growth momentum has accelerated significantly since the start of the year, with January and February expected to be the company's best months ever for new subscriber additions.

"We are entering a new phase where frontier AI is transitioning from laboratory research to everyday applications globally. Future leadership will depend on who can scale infrastructure fast enough to meet demand and translate that capability into products people rely on," OpenAI stated. This funding round and these partnerships enable the company to address both aspects and accelerate its mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity.

Furthermore, OpenAI mentioned that the post-funding valuation means the non-profit organization's stake in the group is now worth over $180 billion, further solidifying its position and expanding its philanthropic capacity.

Previously, to expand its computing power, OpenAI signed agreements totaling over one trillion dollars with companies including Oracle, NVIDIA, AMD, Microsoft, and Amazon, raising concerns about its ability to bear such substantial costs.

Not long ago, OpenAI revised its target amount downward, informing investors of a plan to invest approximately $600 billion in total by 2030 for computing infrastructure build-out.

According to prior foreign media reports, OpenAI's total revenue for 2025 is projected to be $13 billion. Meanwhile, Microsoft's financial reports hinted that OpenAI alone incurred losses exceeding $12 billion in just the third quarter. However, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responded at the time that the company's annual revenue is significantly higher than $13 billion.

Altman forecasts that OpenAI's annualized revenue for 2025 will surpass $20 billion, growing to trillions of dollars by 2030.

He stated that "making massive investments in infrastructure is a strategic bet at the company level." OpenAI and its partners are betting that AI usage will continue to grow exponentially. However, the company has meticulous plans, a clear direction for technology and capability development, and the products and revenue that can be built upon this foundation. "Without computing power, we cannot generate revenue, nor can we continue to launch models at this scale," Altman said.

Altman noted that large infrastructure projects require time to build, which is precisely why OpenAI needs to start investing now.

Altman also revealed that OpenAI might go public in 2027. According to earlier reports, the potential valuation for this IPO could be as high as approximately $1 trillion, with a regulatory filing possible as early as the second half of 2026.