OpenAI announced that its chatbot ChatGPT now has more than 900 million weekly active users, up from 700 million earlier. The service also boasts more than 50 million consumer subscribers and a fourfold increase in business subscribers, reaching 9 million. The user base has more than doubled since February 2025, when it had 400 million users. Competitor Anthropic reported a 60% rise in free users and a doubling of paid subscribers. OpenAI also disclosed a scaled‑back investment from Nvidia and new contributions from SoftBank and Amazon. Read more →

OpenAI announced that its ChatGPT chatbot has climbed to 900 million weekly active users, adding to a base of 50 million paying subscribers. The surge in user engagement coincided with a massive $110 billion private financing round, featuring major commitments from Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank. The new capital values the company at roughly $730 billion and underscores the rapid momentum of its subscription growth. OpenAI highlighted faster response times, higher reliability and stronger safety as the product scales, positioning ChatGPT as a leading tool for learning, writing, planning and building across a global audience. Read more →

OpenAI announced a $110 billion private funding round, the largest ever, with Amazon contributing $50 billion, and Nvidia and SoftBank each adding $30 billion. The round values the company at a $730 billion pre‑money valuation and includes extensive cloud‑computing partnerships, notably a new stateful runtime environment on Amazon’s Bedrock platform and massive compute commitments from both Amazon and Nvidia. Part of Amazon’s investment is contingent on OpenAI achieving artificial general intelligence or completing an IPO, underscoring the high stakes of the deal. Read more →