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OpenAI raises $110B in one of the largest private funding rounds in history
OpenAI has raised $110 billion in private funding, the companyannounced Friday morning, commencing one of the largest private funding rounds in history. The new funding consists of a $50 billion investment from Amazon as well as $30 billion each from Nvidia and SoftBank, against a $730 billion pre-money valuation. Notably, the round remains open, and OpenAI expects more investors to join as it proceeds. “We are entering a new phase where frontier AI moves from research into daily use at global scale,” OpenAI said. “Leadership will be defined by who can scale infrastructure fast enough to meet demand, and turn that capacity into products people rely on.” As part of the investment, OpenAI is launching significant infrastructure partnerships with both Amazon and Nvidia. As in previous rounds, it is likely that a significant portion of the dollar amount comes in the form of services rather than cash, although the precise split was not disclosed. The company’s previous round closed in March 2025, raising $40 billion against a $300 billion valuation. At the time, it wasthe largest private funding round on record. As part of itsAmazon partnership, OpenAI plans to develop a new “stateful runtime environment” where OpenAI models will run onAmazon’s Bedrock platform. The company will also expand itspreviously announced AWS partnership, which committed $38 billion in compute services, by $100 billion. OpenAI has committed to consuming at least 2GW of AWS Tranium compute as part of the deal, and also plans to build custom models to support Amazon consumer products. “We have lots of developers and companies eager to run services powered by OpenAI models on AWS,” said Amazon CEO Andy Jassy in a statement, “and our unique collaboration with OpenAI to provide stateful runtime environments will change what’s possible for customers building AI apps and agents.” The Information hadpreviously reportedthat $35 billion of Amazon’s investment could be contingent on the company either achieving AGI or making its IPO by the end of the year. OpenAI’s announcement confirms the funding split, but says only that the additional $35 billion will arrive “in the coming months when certain conditions are met.” OpenAI gave fewer details on the Nvidia partnership, but said it had committed to using “3GW of dedicated inference capacity and 2GW of training on Vera Rubin systems” as part of the deal. Nvidia’s participation in the round has been the subject of intense speculation, particularly as reports of a $100 billion investment in September gave way to reports of a smaller investment in the months that followed. In January,Huang dismissed the idea that Nvidia was backing away from OpenAI, saying, “we will invest a great deal of money. I believe in OpenAI. The work that they do is incredible.”
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AVGC-XR Sector Can Create 20 Lakh Jobs in Karnataka: CM Siddaramaiah
At the 7th Bengaluru GAFX, CM Siddaramaiah talked about implementing the AVGC-XR policy and roadmap to ethical AI.
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NTT DATA & Ericsson Partner to Scale Private 5G, Edge AI for Global Enterprises
NTT DATA will act as Ericsson’s global system integration and managed services provider.
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The Fall and Rise of MCP
“No translation layer, no schema, no overhead. MCPs are genuinely a solution looking for a problem that CLIs solved 40 years ago.”
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AI’s Memory Crisis is Making Your Next Smartphone More Expensive
Memory chip costs are expected to surge by 80% to 90% quarter-on-quarter during the first three months of this year alone.
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OpenAI Secures $110B from Amazon, NVIDIA, SoftBank at $730B Valuation
Microsoft said its partnership with OpenAI remains unchanged following OpenAI’s latest funding.
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Supabase Appeals to Ashwini Vaishnaw After Access on Jio, Airtel, ACT Gets Blocked
Supabase advised affected customers to report the issue to their internet service providers and to use an alternative DNS provider or a VPN as a temporary workaround.
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Govt Hardens Line on Social Media; Pushes Revenue Sharing, Strict Deepfake Curbs
The Centre signals a tougher regulatory phase for social media platforms, demanding fair revenue sharing and stricter controls on AI misuse.
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Optimum Solutions & ABeam Consulting Launch India GCCs to Accelerate AI-Led Enterprise Transformation
The GCCs are expected to scale to 2,000 professionals by 2030.
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Is Kanha AI the Answer to India’s Screen-Addicted Childhood?
Kanha has no display, no videos and no bright visual stimuli. It listens, speaks and guides, positioning itself as a calm presence rather than an attention-grabbing gadget.
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Mapping Bengaluru's Pink Blossoms: These Techies are Using AI to Track 27,000 Trees
In a city known for startups and software, even Tabebuia rosea trees are getting a tech upgrade.
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