Nvidia Invests $30bn in $122bn OpenAI Funding Round Valuing AI Firm at $852bn
Nvidia committed $30bn to OpenAI’s $122bn financing that valued the startup at $852bn post-money, co-led by SoftBank and Amazon. The deal underscores OpenAI’s expansion to 900 million weekly active users and $2bn in monthly revenue, reinforcing Nvidia’s role as a critical AI infrastructure provider.
1. Nvidia's $30bn OpenAI Commitment
Nvidia has pledged a $30bn investment in OpenAI's latest funding round, which raised $122bn at an $852bn valuation co-led by SoftBank and Amazon. This positions Nvidia alongside other strategic backers including Microsoft in the AI developer’s capital structure.
2. Strengthening AI Infrastructure Role
The commitment cements Nvidia’s role as a premier AI infrastructure supplier, likely driving significant GPU deployments to support OpenAI’s compute-intensive workloads. Nvidia’s hardware roadmap stands to benefit from increased demand tied to large-scale model training and inference.
3. OpenAI's Growth and Valuation
OpenAI has scaled to over 900 million weekly active users and 50 million paid subscribers, generating roughly $2bn in monthly revenue. Despite unprofitability, the company achieved $13.1bn in 2025 revenue and continues rapid expansion across enterprise and consumer AI services under an $852bn valuation.