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All of the news and updates about OpenAI continue below. OpenAI has raised $40 billion in a new investment round led by SoftBank, vaulting the company to a $300 billion valuation. It’s the largest funding round for a private tech company in history, according to CNBC.

OpenAI announced Monday it is raising up to $40 billion in the biggest-ever funding round for a startup by far.

OpenAI said on Monday it would raise up to $40 billion in a new funding round led by SoftBank Group at a $300 billion valuation to advance AI research, expand computational infrastructure and enhance its tools.

OpenAI said on Monday it would raise up to $40 billion in a new funding round led by SoftBank Group 9984.T at a $300 billion valuation to advance AI research, expand computational infrastructure and enhance its tools.

The money flowing into local politics has deepened fractures in San Francisco’s Democratic Party, mirroring the national party’s struggle to unite.

OpenAI on Monday said it raised $40 billion in a new funding round that valued the ChatGPT maker at $300 billion, the biggest capital-raising session ever for a startup.

OpenAI plans to release its first open-weight AI model since 2019 as economic pressures mount from competitors like DeepSeek and Meta, marking a significant strategic reversal for the company behind ChatGPT.

The Japanese conglomerate has partnered with OpenAI to develop AI data centres in Japan and the U.S., investing billions in infrastructure.

OpenAI recently discussed purchasing billions of dollars’ worth of data storage hardware and software, according to three people involved in the private discussions. To house the hardware, the company has considered building its own data center for the first time,

OpenAI says that it intends to release its first "open" language model since GPT‑2 "in the coming months." "We’re excited to collaborate with developers, researchers, and the broader community to gather inputs and make this model as useful as possible,