The makers of ChatGPT, OpenAI, have secured a massive $110 billion US in new investment, boosting its pre-money valuation to $730 billion. The funding round includes $50 billion from Amazon, $30 billion from SoftBank, and $30 billion from NVIDIA, with more investors expected to join.
The company is seeing a massive surge in users. ChatGPT now has more than 900 million weekly active users and over 50 million paying subscribers. Growth has spiked in early 2026, with January and February marking the busiest months for new signups in the company’s history. Business adoption is also climbing, with 9 million paying corporate users now using the platform.
To handle this growth, OpenAI is expanding its technical infrastructure. A new deal with NVIDIA provides access to next-generation Vera Rubin systems, offering 3 gigawatts of dedicated capacity for running AI models and 2 gigawatts for training them. This follows a separate multi-year deal with Amazon to use its custom Trainium chips and AWS cloud network.
The company’s coding tool, Codex, has also seen its weekly user base triple since the start of the year, reaching 1.6 million people. OpenAI said that the goal of the new capital and partnerships is to scale infrastructure quickly enough to meet global demand as AI moves into daily use.
The new valuation also increases the OpenAI Foundation’s stake to over $180 billion, the non-profit arm that targets philanthropic projects in areas like healthcare and AI safety.
It’s only a matter of time before ChatGPT hits over 1 billion weekly active users. Who needs a brain anymore…
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