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OpenAI

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AI company seeking $800 billion valuation, maker of ChatGPT

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Capital Expenditure Target
600USD
Dec 31, 2030source
Capital Expenditure Previous Estimate
1400USD
Dec 31, 2030source
Acquisition Count
22count
Aug 27, 2026source
Cumulative Acquisition Count
19companies
Aug 24, 2026source
Acquisition Count This Year
8companies
Aug 24, 2026source
Work Related Use Share
30percent
Aug 18, 2026source
Conversations Analyzed
1500000count
Aug 18, 2026source
Switching Consideration Share
30percent
Jul 16, 2026source
Purchase Consideration Rate
34percent
Jul 16, 2026source
Agent Security Tooling Usage Rate
26percent
Jul 16, 2026source
Market Share
13percent
Jul 15, 2026source
Cash Burn Rate
3billion_USD_per_month
Jul 12, 2026source
Market Cap
1000USD
Jul 5, 2026source
Deepmind Hires Count
3employees
Jul 2, 2026source
Proposed Government Ownership Stake
5percent
Jul 2, 2026source
Net Income
-140USD
May 25, 2026source
Equity Stake
11percent
May 23, 2026source
Cash
254USD
May 12, 2026source

Stated objectives

Raise at least $50 billion in new investment round

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target: 50 billion_USDby 2026-03-01 00:00:00stated

Spend more than $1.4 trillion on AI infrastructure in the coming years

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target: 1400 billion_USDby 2030-12-31 00:00:00stated

Build $100 billion UAE-based data center under Stargate initiative

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target: 100 billion_USDstated

Implement advertising model to support $1.5 trillion spending plans

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target: 1.5 trillion USD stated

Launch AI hardware collaboration with Jony Ive

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by 2026-01-01 00:00:00stated

OpenAI 10 gigawatt capacity deployment

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target: 10 gigawatts by 2029-12-31 00:00:00stated

Complete IPO and become publicly traded

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by 2026-01-01 00:00:00stated

Raise additional capital

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target: as much as 100 billion USD by 2026-03-31 00:00:00stated

Go public through IPO to raise capital

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target: 1000000000000 stated

Revenue growth projection to close $207 billion funding gap by 2030

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target: Close funding gap by 2030-01-01 00:00:00stated

Relationship graph · 2285 connections

Competes with
530
Developed by
438
Employs
228
Customer of
225
Invested in
214
Supplies to
150
contracted by
57
founded
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