Tech Company Financing Transactions
OpenAI Funding Round
On 3/31/2025, OpenAI raised $40 billion in funding from SoftBank Group, Altimeter Capital and Coatue Management.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
3/31/2025
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$40,000,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors
SoftBank Group (Lead Investor)
Microsoft (Satya Nadella)
Proceeds Purpose
This new capital enables us to push the frontiers of AI research even further, scale our compute infrastructure, and deliver increasingly powerful tools for the 500 million people who use ChatGPT every week.
Company Information
Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Artificial Intelligence
Mailing Address
3180 18th St.
San Francisco, CA 94110
USA
San Francisco, CA 94110
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Website
Email Address
Overview
OpenAI's mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. We're a team of a hundred people based in San Francisco, California. The OpenAI Charter describes the principles that guide us as we execute on our mission.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
Facebook
YouTube
Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Sam Altman
Chief Scientific Officer
Ilya Sutskever
Chief Technical Officer
Gregory Brockman
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