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OpenAI secured a $12.2 billion funding round at an $85.2 billion valuation, allocating substantial capital toward compute infrastructure and talent acquisition ahead of a potential public listing.

Impact: Signals strong institutional confidence in AI scaling, potentially reshaping market competition and setting new valuation benchmarks for foundational model developers.

— from OpenAI Secures $12.2B Funding & Salesforce Unveils AI-Powered Slack · TechCrunch Daily Crunch· Apr 02, 2026