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Oct 19, 2026

OpenAI seeks accelerated fundraising ahead of Anthropic IPO

OpenAI is racing to secure investor commitments in an unusually fast fundraising round that could value the company at over $1.4 trillion, according to sources. The accelerated timeline appears driven by competition with Anthropic's upcoming public offering.

Oct 19, 2026·2 sources

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▪OpenAI records revenue on a net basis by subtracting partner shares upfront, while accusing Anthropic of inflating revenue by counting the full gross value of cloud-provider contracts
▪Anthropic committed to $111 billion in cloud computing spending on Google Cloud, $110 billion on Amazon Web Services, and $31 billion on Microsoft services over seven to 10 years
▪OpenAI is seeking to accelerate a $30 billion fundraising round before rival Anthropic's expected mid-November 2026 IPO to lock in capital from funds that might otherwise allocate resources to Anthropic

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