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Back to Episodes20260303 - OpenAI's '$110b' funding round: $25b and some promises
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Sources:
- Scaling AI for everyone https://openai.com/index/scaling-ai-for-everyone/
$110 Billion in Name Only https://om.co/2026/03/02/110-billion-in-name-only/ - Form 8-K https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018724/000110465926021050/tm267374d1_8k.htm
- Amazon's $50 Billion Investment in OpenAI Could Hinge on IPO, AGI https://www.theinformation.com/articles/amazons-50-billion-investment-openai-hinge-ipo-agi
- Follow-on Investments in OpenAI https://group.softbank/en/news/press/20260227
- Form 10-K https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045810/000104581026000021/nvda-20260125.htm
- OpenAI Finalizes $110 Billion Funding at $730 Billion Value https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-27/openai-finalizes-110-billion-funding-at-730-billion-valuation
- OpenAI Raises $110 Billion as It Races Toward IPO https://www.wsj.com/tech/openai-raises-110-billion-a2a34d23
Previously on Pivot to AI:
- AI screws us over again: memory shortages, Crucial shutting down https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/04/ai-screws-us-over-again-memory-shortages-crucial-shutting-down/
- video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWNSPL6BRuY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
- The OpenAI and Nvidia $100b not-a-deal is off https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/05/the-openai-and-nvidia-100b-not-a-deal-is-off/
- video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSUjc6XR_Vk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
- Get your war on: AI chatbots in the kill chain https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/02/get-your-war-on-ai-chatbots-in-the-kill-chain/
- video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lLpB-VaN_U&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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