OpenAI’s $40B Funding Round Sets a New Record

Key takeaways

• OpenAI announced on April 1, 2025 that it had closed a record-breaking $40 billion funding round
• This dwarfs previous private tech deals by Ant Group ($14B raised) and Juul Labs ($13B raised)

More About the Deal

OpenAI’s latest funding round is led by Japan’s SoftBank, which is investing $30 billion. The remainder is made up from a syndicate of investors including Microsoft.

With this latest investment, OpenAI is now valued at $300 billion, making it one of the world’s most valuable private companies alongside SpaceX ($350 billion) and ByteDance ($300 billion).

There’s one catch, though: SoftBank says it will reduce its investment to $20 billion if OpenAI fails to restructure into a for-profit company by Dec. 31, 2025.