OpenAI is valued at $300 billion with excess financing of $8.3 billion! Annual revenue is $13 billion, and weekly active users exceed 800 million.

OpenAI recently completed a new round of financing amounting to $8.3 billion at a valuation of $300 billion, exceeding its original target of $7.5 billion and finishing the round several months ahead of schedule. (Background: Anthropic used 7 million books to train Claude, facing trillion-dollar piracy lawsuits! The sprint of AI giants and legal boundaries) (Background Supplement: According to financial reports, Meta's revenue exceeded expectations, increasing investment in AI with stock prices soaring by 12%, and Microsoft Azure's cloud profits reached new highs, with a market capitalization of $4 trillion) Artificial Intelligence (AI) has rekindled global capital enthusiasm! According to a report from The New York Times, OpenAI recently exceeded its target of $7.5 billion, completing a round of financing amounting to $8.3 billion five times over, finishing the round several months ahead of schedule. Initial Funding Scale and Market Reaction OpenAI initially planned to raise $7.5 billion by the end of 2025 as part of its $40 billion financing plan announced in March this year. Previously, SoftBank had committed to providing OpenAI with $30 billion in funding by the end of the year. This round of financing was led by Dragoneer Investment Group, which invested $2.8 billion, making it one of the largest single venture capital investments to date. Additionally, this financing attracted numerous new investors, including private equity firms Blackstone and TPG, as well as mutual fund management company T. Rowe Price. Other participants included Fidelity, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue Management, Altimeter Capital, D1 Capital Partners, and other well-known investors. Market analysis indicates that by completing an astonishing fundraising round ahead of schedule, OpenAI is setting a new capital operation benchmark for other AI startups and raising the valuation threshold for subsequent projects. Growth Flywheel: Revenue and User Numbers Soar The report indicates that OpenAI's valuation of $300 billion is largely due to its rapidly accumulating revenue and user data. Data shows that the annual recurring revenue (ARR) of this AI giant has reached $13 billion, a significant increase from the $10 billion announced in June, and the official target is to exceed $20 billion by the end of 2025. Furthermore, the number of paid commercial ChatGPT users has increased from 3 million a few months ago to 5 million; the number of weekly active users has climbed from 100 million at the end of 2023 to 800 million at the beginning of 2025, after temporarily dropping to 500 million in April, now sprinting towards the year-end target of 1 billion users. Experts liken this rapid cycle to a "dual growth flywheel of revenue and users," as OpenAI continues to expand its subscription scale and lower marginal costs through upgrades of models like GPT-4o, pricing strategies, and collaborations with Microsoft Azure's cloud services. Opportunities and Challenges It is worth noting that the massive demand for GPU computing and customer acquisition costs remain pressure points that OpenAI must control; at the same time, increasing AI competition and uncertainties regarding future regulation may impact OpenAI's profit curve. As OpenAI advances rapidly, how it balances cost control, technological moats, and compliance challenges will determine its ability to maintain a leading position in the industry. Related Reports Backed by the soaring fat penguin $PENGU, can Abstract Chain break through in the midst of many L2s? FinTech × Blockchain Ecosystem Co-construction: Taiwan’s three major forums focus on creating a digital finance and supply chain hub in September AI Privacy Crash "ChatGPT Dialogue" runs naked in front of the law; Altman: I'm afraid of inputting personal data, hard to know who will get the information. <OpenAI’s valuation of $300 billion exceeds financing of $8.3 billion! Annual revenue of $13 billion, weekly active users breaking 800 million> This article was first published in BlockTempo, the most influential blockchain news media.