OpenAI nets $110b from SoftBank, Nvidia, Amazon

OpenAI announced US$110 billion in new investment commitments at a US$730 billion pre-money valuation, according to the company’s statement published on February 27, 2026.

The US$30 billion commitment will come from SoftBank, with the other US$30 billion from Nvidia and the rest of the investment from Amazon.

Additional investors are expected to join the three tech giants.

Separately, OpenAI announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Amazon and said it is expanding its long-standing collaboration with Nvidia to include the use of 3 gigawatts of dedicated inference capacity and 2 gigawatts of training on Vera Rubin systems.

ChatGPT’s maker also said the chatbot has more than 900 million weekly active users, over 50 million consumer subscribers, and more than 9 million paying business users who rely on it for work.

🔗 Source: OpenAI

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The US$110 billion funding includes infrastructure and service commitments

Much of the package is expected to come through services instead of cash, though the split was not disclosed 1.
Amazon’s US$50 billion pledge starts with US$15 billion, then adds US$35 billion in the coming months once certain conditions are met 2.
OpenAI said it will expand its existing US$38 billion agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon’s cloud computing unit, by US$100 billion over the next eight years 2.
AWS will act as the exclusive third-party cloud distribution provider for OpenAI Frontier, the company’s enterprise platform for building, deploying, and managing teams of AI agents 3.
Nvidia’s US$30 billion investment links to OpenAI plans to use 3 gigawatts of dedicated inference capacity plus 2 gigawatts of training on Nvidia’s Vera Rubin systems, Nvidia’s next-generation AI computing platform 1.

OpenAI’s mega-round links frontier AI competition to infrastructure

The raise, more than double the size of its last record-breaking round 2, ties growth to access to large-scale compute.
Along with the money, OpenAI set out infrastructure partnerships with Amazon and Nvidia that widen distribution and capacity 3.
These deals raise the cost of competing for smaller AI labs that cannot fund similar buildouts.
Even so, OpenAI has reportedly cut its long-term compute spending target to about US$600 billion by 2030, which suggests pressure to match expansion plans with expected revenue 2.