
OpenAI Raised $122 Billion at an $852 Billion Valuation
OpenAI raised $122 billion in a record funding round, reached an $852 billion valuation, and is expanding its AI platform.

OpenAI raised $122 billion in a record funding round, reached an $852 billion valuation, and is expanding its AI platform.

OpenAI is closing the Sora video generator after a brief expansion into a stand-alone AI video app, ending the consumer product while continuing related research.

AWS and Cerebras are partnering to bring Cerebras inference hardware into AWS data centers and Bedrock through a new Trainium-based setup.

Meta acquires Moltbook, a Reddit-style social network for AI agents built on OpenClaw that went viral after posts suggested agents communicating secretly.

Advanced Machine Intelligence, founded by Yann LeCun after leaving Meta in November 2025, has raised $1.03 billion to build world-model AI systems for industry.

Thinking Machines Lab has secured a multi-year Nvidia infrastructure partnership and investment to power customizable frontier AI systems.

OpenAI announced it plans to acquire Promptfoo, an AI security startup founded in 2024, and integrate its testing, monitoring, and governance tools into Frontier.

OpenAI signs Pentagon AI deal for classified, cloud-only AI deployment with three redlines, as federal agencies move to phase out Anthropic over six months.

OpenAI raises $110B from Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank, reaching a $730B pre-money valuation and expanding AWS distribution and Nvidia infrastructure capacity.