OpenAI trims its funding round

Name: OpenAI trims its funding round
Uploaded: 2026-11-02T02:21:41.592Z
Duration: 42 s
Description: The biggest name in AI just asked for less money. OpenAI cut its funding target from thirty billion dollars to twenty, at a one-point-two-five trillion dollar valuation.

The Signal · 2026-11-02

The biggest name in AI just asked for less money. OpenAI cut its funding target from thirty billion dollars to twenty, at a one-point-two-five trillion dollar valuation. Eleven billion is committed so far. UAE investors lead the round. Some earlier commitments were scaled back.

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