On February 27th local time, OpenAI announced a record-breaking funding round worth $11 billion. This round attracted participation from many major investors, including SoftBank Group, NVIDIA, and Amazon. Specifically, SoftBank and NVIDIA each invested $3 billion, while Amazon became the largest single investor in this round with a $5 billion investment.

The pre-money valuation of OpenAI reached $73 billion, demonstrating strong market confidence and expectations in the field of artificial intelligence. Notably, the funding is still ongoing, and OpenAI stated that more financial investors will participate in the future, which undoubtedly adds more possibilities to the company's future development.

At the same time as the fundraising, OpenAI also announced a strategic cooperation with Amazon and confirmed a partnership with NVIDIA for next-generation inference computing power. These collaborations will help OpenAI accelerate the expansion of its infrastructure to meet the growing market demand. OpenAI emphasized that future industry competition will depend on who can improve infrastructure faster to transform powerful computing power into essential products in people's daily lives.

With the continuous advancement and popularization of artificial intelligence technology, OpenAI is leading the development of the AI field globally. This round of funding not only provides strong financial support for OpenAI but also lays the foundation for its leading position in the industry.

The success of this funding round marks OpenAI's important position in the rapidly changing tech industry and paves the way for its subsequent development. In the future, we will continue to pay attention to OpenAI's latest developments in the field of artificial intelligence and the progress of its cooperation with major technology giants.

Key Points:

🚀 OpenAI announced the start of an $11 billion funding round, attracting investments from major companies such as SoftBank, NVIDIA, and Amazon.  

💰 The pre-money valuation reached $73 billion, and the funding is still ongoing, with more investors expected to join.  

🤝 OpenAI has established a strategic cooperation with Amazon and is advancing the collaboration on next-generation inference computing power with NVIDIA.