OpenAI Secures $40 Billion Funding Round Led by SoftBank to Advance AGI Research

OpenAI has announced a substantial new funding round, raising $40 billion at a $300 billion post-money valuation. The financing, revealed on March 31, 2025, is backed by SoftBank Group and will be used to advance OpenAI’s research towards artificial general intelligence (AGI), expand compute capacity, and enhance its AI product…

01/04/2025 Article Bloggers Chris Pietschmann

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