# SoftBank
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Amazon Plays Both Sides: $50bn Bet on OpenAI while Doubling Down on Its Own AI Chips
Amazon said it will invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI and host substantial OpenAI workloads on AWS, including a pledge to run 2GW of its Trainium chips on OpenAI’s Frontier platform. The deal, which runs alongside continuing ties with Anthropic, strengthens AWS’s competitive position in the AI cloud market and validates Amazon’s push into custom AI silicon while leaving significant milestones and conditionality unresolved.
ChatGPT Nears Billion‑User Threshold as OpenAI Secures a Record $110bn War Chest
OpenAI says ChatGPT has reached 900 million weekly active users and more than 50 million paid subscribers, as subscription additions accelerated early in the year. The announcement coincided with a roughly $110 billion financing round led by Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank, lifting OpenAI’s pre‑money valuation to about $730 billion and underscoring both the opportunity and the cost of scaling generative AI globally.
Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank Pump $110bn into OpenAI as the Company Recasts Its Spending Plan
OpenAI has raised $110 billion from Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank, valuing the company at about $730 billion pre‑money. The round includes strategic ties with Amazon and Nvidia and comes as OpenAI trims its 2030 compute spending target to roughly $600 billion while projecting revenue above $280 billion by 2030.
OpenAI Pulls in $110bn, Seals Strategic Ties with Nvidia and Amazon as AI Stakes Soar
OpenAI said it raised $110 billion in a round that values the company at $730 billion pre-money, with SoftBank, Nvidia and Amazon as lead backers. The deal pairs massive capital with strategic access to next‑generation inference hardware and AWS distribution, intensifying competition among cloud providers and magnifying concentration risks in the AI ecosystem.
Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank Pump $110bn into OpenAI as Valuation Soars to $730bn
OpenAI secured about $110 billion from Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank, lifting its pre‑money valuation to roughly $730 billion and expanding a strategic AWS partnership. The financing fuels an escalating capital race among AI developers and tightens the ties between model creators, cloud providers and chipmakers, with implications for competition, regulation and geopolitics.
OpenAI Secures $110bn Round as Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank Bet on an AI Infrastructure Arms Race
OpenAI has closed a record $110 billion private funding round led by Amazon ($50bn), Nvidia ($30bn) and SoftBank ($30bn), lifting its pre‑money valuation to about $730 billion. The financing combines capital with strategic infrastructure deals—AWS exclusivity for the Frontier enterprise distribution and large GPU allocations from Nvidia—marking a consolidation of compute, cloud and software in the AI market.
SoftBank Eyes Giant $30 Billion Top-Up to OpenAI — A High‑Stakes Bet in the AI Arms Race
SoftBank is reportedly negotiating to invest up to $30 billion in OpenAI, a potential marquee financing that would deepen the capital race among AI developers. The move would expand OpenAI's resources for compute, talent and product rollout while raising governance and regulatory questions for both companies.
SoftBank Eyes Up to $30bn Bet on OpenAI as Valuation Nears $830bn
SoftBank is negotiating a potential investment of up to $30 billion in OpenAI that could value the company at about $830 billion. The move would mark one of the largest private bets on an AI firm, accelerating compute and product expansion but raising questions about valuation sustainability, market concentration and regulatory scrutiny.
OpenAI’s Big Bet: $20bn Annual Revenue but a Trillion‑Dollar Gamble on Compute and Growth
OpenAI told investors and users that its 2025 annual recurring revenue exceeded $20 billion, driven by nearly tenfold compute growth since 2023 and soaring user engagement. The company is pursuing an aggressive strategy of large upfront compute investments to accelerate research and monetisation, while remaining unprofitable and negotiating huge financing and infrastructure deals.