OpenAI raises $110B funding round to accelerate frontier AI
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OpenAI unveils a $110 billion funding round valuing it at about $840 billion, with major backing from Nvidia, SoftBank and Amazon, signaling a rapid push to scale frontier AI ahead of a likely mega-IPO; the deal expands datacenter capacity and reinforces cloud partnerships (AWS for Frontier, Azure for APIs) while Nvidia’s earlier commitment timing remains unclear, highlighting the AI infrastructure race amid energy and job-disruption concerns.
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