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OpenAI raises $8.3B as AI demand grows: report

by August 2, 2025
by August 2, 2025

OpenAI has secured $8.3 billion in new capital as part of its ongoing $40 billion fundraising effort, CNBC reported, citing a person familiar with the deal.

The fresh round of funding reflects heightened investor enthusiasm for artificial intelligence, as OpenAI’s business continues to expand at a rapid pace.

Annual recurring revenue (ARR) at the company has surged to $13 billion, up from $10 billion in June, and is expected to exceed $20 billion by the end of the year, the person said.

The fundraising round, which was completed ahead of schedule and was reportedly five times oversubscribed, indicates strong backing from both institutional and venture capital investors.

Investor demand was led by Dragoneer Investment Group, which contributed $2.8 billion.

Other participants in the round include major firms such as Blackstone, TPG, T. Rowe Price, Fidelity, Founders Fund, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue, Altimeter, D1 Capital, Tiger Global, and Thrive Capital.

While Dragoneer emerged as the largest investor in this particular tranche, SoftBank remains the lead backer of the broader $40 billion capital raise.

The funding round was first reported by DealBook.

User growth and revenue outlook strengthen

The capital raise coincides with significant user growth and revenue acceleration at OpenAI.

Paid business users of ChatGPT have grown from three million to five million in a matter of months, further cementing the product’s position in the rapidly evolving AI tools market.

The sharp increase in both subscribers and ARR underscores the growing demand for enterprise-grade AI applications.

OpenAI’s ability to monetize its AI platforms has improved considerably as businesses adopt ChatGPT for a variety of productivity and automation functions.

With projections pointing toward more than $20 billion in annual recurring revenue by year-end, the company is positioning itself as a key player in the enterprise software market, while maintaining a lead in AI model development.

The recent fundraise provides OpenAI with additional resources to scale infrastructure, invest in model training, and maintain its competitive edge against an increasingly crowded field of AI developers.

Competitive landscape heats up

OpenAI’s fundraising comes amid a wave of capital flowing into AI companies.

Chief rival Anthropic is reportedly in talks to raise between $3 billion and $5 billion in a new round led by Iconiq Capital, potentially valuing the company at $170 billion.

That follows a $3.5 billion round in March, which gave Anthropic a valuation of $61.5 billion.

As competition intensifies, both OpenAI and Anthropic are seeking capital from the Middle East.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, in a leaked memo published by Wired, suggested a shift in the company’s strategy toward accepting Gulf sovereign wealth funds, acknowledging the increasing difficulty of staying on the AI frontier without such support.

OpenAI, meanwhile, is collaborating with Emirati firm G42 to build a massive data center in Abu Dhabi, a move that further signals its international ambitions and its willingness to leverage regional capital to finance large-scale infrastructure projects.

The race for AI dominance continues to draw unprecedented funding as companies look to secure the computing power and engineering talent required to develop the next generation of large language models.

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