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Sam Altman’s OpenAI eyes $30B fundraising round ahead of looming IPO: report

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Barrabi, T. (2026, October 23). Sam Altman’s OpenAI eyes $30B fundraising round ahead of looming IPO: report. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/23/business/sam-altmans-openai-eyes-30b-fundraising-round-ahead-of-ipo-report/

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OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and led by Sam Altman, is reportedly raising up to $30 billion at a valuation of over $1.25 trillion as it considers going public. The fundraising round includes investments from Coatue and unnamed UAE investors. Despite initial plans for an IPO this year, OpenAI may not proceed until 2027 due to current market conditions and regulatory uncertainties, with CFO Sarah Frier confirming the delay. This comes amid calls for a slowdown in AI development while the company negotiates with investors who are concerned about potential government regulation following midterm elections.

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As of October 23, 2026, OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is reportedly closing a fundraising round that could value it at over $1 trillion. The round aims to raise up to $30 billion and includes investors like tech firm Coatue and unnamed UAE backers. This funding move is seen as an opportunistic step before a potential initial public offering (IPO), which was initially slated for this year but now likely won't happen until 2027. The delay is attributed to concerns over the timing of the midterms and potential regulatory changes under a Democratic administration. Sam Altman, OpenAI's CEO, has expressed that it may not be an ideal time to go public.

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“Article A covers Anthropic's plans to spend $750 billion on compute capacity, while Article B focuses on OpenAI raising up to $30 billion in a fundraising round. Though both articles discuss funding and valuation for AI companies around the same time, they describe distinct financial events.”

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🔮 Sam Altman’s OpenAI is reportedly wrapping up a fundraising round that would value the company well above $1 trillion as it mulls when to go public.

2026-10-23 · mixed framing · Sam Altman’s OpenAI eyes $30B fundraising round ahead of looming IPO: report

🔮 In a bizarre twist, Gonzalez Rogers also shot down a request by Meta’s Simonsen to use an AI model to speed up review of the withheld documents – asserting that the court couldn’t trust the model to be reliable without more information.

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🔮 OpenAI has been warning employees to beware of foreign spies who could try to seduce them in order to steal company secrets, according to a bombshell report.

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🔮 “New Yorkers and the public at large deserve to hear directly from the companies developing this powerful technology about the safeguards they are putting in place to protect people from harm and how they will be held accountable when those safeguards fail,” she said in a statement.

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🔮 Local GOP officials allege that a win for Flanagan – who said in an interview last month that she was “concerned about the catastrophic nature of AI” – would add another voice in the Senate that would try to hamstring AI development with burdensome regulations.

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🔮 “If OpenAI were serious about protecting young people, it would support strong, enforceable laws that hold AI companies accountable for how they design their products,” he added.

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🔮 The most high-profile incident occurred between May and July of this year, when rogue OpenAI agents gained internet access and hacked rival firm Hugging Face.

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Sam Altman’s OpenAI is reportedly wrapping up a fundraising round that would value the company well above $1 trillion as it mulls when to go public. uncertain

it → wrap → trillion

The ChatGPT maker is raising up to $30 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation, CNBC reported, citing people with knowledge of the situation. asserted

CNBC → raise → situation

The $1.25 trillion figure does not factor in the new capital raised in the round. asserted

figure → factor → round

Participants in the fundraising round include tech investment firm Coatue and unnamed investors from the United Arab Emirates, the report said. asserted

report → include → Emirates

The fresh funds are reportedly seen as an “opportunistic” bridge ahead of the possible IPO – which was initially tabbed to occur this year but has since been delayed. uncertain

which → see → IPO

The final size of the fundraising round has yet to be finalized – though OpenAI reportedly informed investors that it wants to secure signatures by the end of the week. uncertain

it → have → week

Last month, Altman told Fortune that it is “an ill-advised moment to go public,” while OpenAI CFO Sarah Frier has signaled that the IPO will happen sometime in 2027. asserted

IPO → tell → 2027

The deliberations about a public debut are playing out during a tense moment for AI giants. asserted

deliberations → play → giants

Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and others have called for an industrywide slowdown on AI development even as they maneuver to secure new funds from investors. asserted

they → call → investors

On Thursday, The Post’s Charles Gasparino reported that Wall Street investors were pushing both Anthropic and OpenAI to move quickly toward going public, due to concerns that a Democratic win in the midterms will trigger a crackdown on the AI industry. asserted

win → report → industry

Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which includes his artificial intelligence lab xAI, held a record-setting IPO in June. asserted

which → include → June

Musk himself suggested this week that SpaceX could merge with his other company, electric car maker Tesla, which would create a $3.5 trillion behemoth. uncertain

which → suggest → behemoth

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