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OpenAI secures $110B from Amazon, NVIDIA, SoftBank at $840B valuation

OpenAI has reportedly secured an $110 billion investment, with Amazon contributing $50 billion and NVIDIA $30 billion, alongside SoftBank's $30 billion. This funding is largely tied to OpenAI utilizing significant compute capacity from its investors, particularly AWS for cloud services and NVIDIA for training and inference. An OpenAI executive stated the company anticipates spending $50 billion on compute this year, a figure that has raised questions about the company's profitability and the nature of these investments, which appear to be heavily subsidized compute leases. AI

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IMPACT This massive funding and compute commitment signals an acceleration in AI development and infrastructure build-out, potentially setting new benchmarks for AI operational costs and investment scale.

RANK_REASON Massive funding round for a major AI company, involving significant investment from tech giants and tied to substantial compute infrastructure commitments.

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  1. Smol AINews TIER_1 ·

    OpenAI closes $110B raise from Amazon, NVIDIA, SoftBank in largest startup fundraise in history @ $840B post-money

    **OpenAI** has closed a major funding round totaling **$110 billion** at a **$730 billion pre-money valuation**, with investments from **SoftBank ($30B)**, **NVIDIA ($30B)**, and **Amazon ($50B)**. Key user metrics include **1.6 million weekly Codex users**, **over 9 million payi…

  2. Smol AINews TIER_1 ·

    NVIDIA to invest $100B in OpenAI for 10GW of Vera Rubin rollout

    **NVIDIA** and **OpenAI** announced a landmark strategic partnership to deploy at least **10 gigawatts** of AI datacenters using NVIDIA's systems, with NVIDIA investing up to **$100 billion** progressively as each gigawatt is deployed, starting in the second half of 2026 on the V…

  3. The Register — AI TIER_1 · Tobias Mann ·

    OpenAI exec says company hopes to burn $50B of somebody else's money on compute this year

    <h4>If the numbers are large enough, perhaps we won't question the math</h4> <p>An executive for ChatGPT maker OpenAI said in court testimony on Tuesday that the AI model developer expects to burn $50 billion on computing power before the end of the year.…</p>

  4. The Register — AI TIER_1 ·

    OpenAI exec says company hopes to burn $50B of somebody else's money on compute this year

    If the numbers are large enough, perhaps we won't question the math

  5. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 · thejapantimes ·

    SoftBank chairman Masayoshi Son is seeing large paper gains from his OpenAI investment, but shifting AI market dynamics, liquidity constraints and growing compe

    SoftBank chairman Masayoshi Son is seeing large paper gains from his OpenAI investment, but shifting AI market dynamics, liquidity constraints and growing competition are raising doubts on whether the bet will pay off. https://www. japantimes.co.jp/commentary/20 26/05/08/japan/op…

  6. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

    Your 401k probably holds Microsoft. Your savings might be in JPMorgan. Your mortgage servicer is probably on this list. None of you were in that Oakland courtro

    Your 401k probably holds Microsoft. Your savings might be in JPMorgan. Your mortgage servicer is probably on this list. None of you were in that Oakland courtroom. None of you chose any of this. $40 billion unsecured. One repayment path. Eight global banks. 100,000 retail investo…