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CNBC · United States · OpenAI's $122bn round at $852bn anchors the pre-IPO war chest
Reports OpenAI closing at an $852bn post-money valuation with $122bn committed, co-led by SoftBank with a16z, D.E. Shaw, MGX, TPG and T. Rowe Price; Nvidia, Amazon and Microsoft anchor strategically.
“OpenAI closed its latest round at an $852 billion valuation, one of the largest private funding rounds in history.”
CNBC · United States · OpenAI files confidential S-1, eyeing a near-$1tn listing by Q4
Reports the June 8 confidential filing, the >$850bn standing valuation stretching toward $1tn, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as lead banks, and a possible Q4 2026 debut. Frames it as one of three back-to-back mega-IPOs alongside Anthropic and SpaceX.
“OpenAI confidentially filed for an IPO, setting the stage for what could be one of the largest public-markets debuts in history.”