OpenAI raises $8.3 billion as paid ChatGPT biz users reach 5 million
Openai CEO Sam Altman, Idaho on July 8, 2025, Sun Valley Resort at Sun Valley Annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley is attending the Media and Technology Conference.
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According to a person who knows the process, Openai provided a new capital of $ 8.3 billion as part of the donation collection of $ 40 billion.
Fresh capital comes when the work of the artificial intelligence company is accelerated.
The annual release income increased from $ 10 billion in June to $ 13 billion, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss hidden financial information and was expected to rise to the highest level of $ 20 billion by the end of the year.
Chatgpt’s paid business users just climbed from three million to five million months ago. The tour was completed before the program and exaggerated five times.
Dealbook He would report the process first.
The increase increases the investor’s appetite for AI platforms as the competition intensifies among the leading model manufacturers.
Dragoneer contributed to a 2.8 billion dollars of the Investment Group tour, and joined the person Blackstone, TPG, T. Rowe Price, Fidelity, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Altimeter, D1 Capital, Tiger Global and Thive Capital.
While Dragoneer is the largest investor in this latest financing slice, Softbank continues to be the leading supporter of the effort to collect a wider donation of 40 billion dollars.
Competitors also raise large amounts.
CNBC, one of Openai’s chief competitors, anthropic, Iconiq Capital’s potential for a 170 billion dollars of a valuation of $ 3 billion to 5 billion dollars in a new financing negotiations. This follows a tour of $ 3.5 billion in March, which is worth $ 61.5 billion to the initiative.
Both Openai and anthropic set up to finance their ambitions of Middle East capitals.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei pointed out his desire to reversed his previous stance against the Gulf Egemen Return Funds with a warning in a leaked note. shared with cable Without touching this money, it became “much more difficult to stay on the border of AI.
In the meantime, Openai is working to create a large data center in Abu Dabi with Emirati G42.
WRISTWATCH: Anthropic worth $ 170 billion in financing led by Iconiq
