Some of the world’s largest technology companies are in discussions to deepen their financial backing of OpenAI as part of what could become one of the biggest private funding rounds in history.
Nvidia, Microsoft and Amazon are in talks to collectively invest as much as $60 billion in OpenAI, contributing to a broader funding round that could reach up to $100 billion, Bloomberg reports.
Nvidia, which is already a backer of OpenAI, is discussing an investment of up to $30 billion. Microsoft, another existing investor and strategic partner, is said to be considering a contribution of less than $10 billion.
Amazon, which would be a new investor in OpenAI, could invest more than $10 billion and potentially over $20 billion, according to people familiar with the talks.
The planned investments would come on top of a previously reported $30 billion commitment from the SoftBank Group, significantly expanding the scale of the round.
The discussions remain ongoing, and the final size and structure of the funding round could still change.
If completed, the financing would underscore OpenAI’s central role in the global AI race, as hyperscalers and chipmakers look to secure closer ties to frontier model development amid surging demand for AI infrastructure, compute, and enterprise applications.
Talks of fresh funding for OpenAI come amid concerns about the ChatGPT creator’s sustainability. Analysts have previously warned of OpenAI’s $143 billion in cumulative negative cash flow before turning profitable. But CEO Sam Altman said that the company can remain in a “very steep growth curve of revenue” to outpace its $1.4 trillion in projected capital commitments.
In 2025, OpenAI printed $20 billion in revenue, marking a 10x jump from the figure recorded in 2023.
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