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23 October 2026
OpenAI’s talks for a roughly $30 billion bridge funding round are the day’s clearest signal that the AI market’s financial reality still has to catch up with its technical ambition. Negotiations with investors from the United Arab Emirates, with Coatue expected to participate, would lift OpenAI’s valuation to about $1.25 trillion and—if signed by the end of next week—extend the company’s private runway while it finalizes an IPO plan. It’s also a reminder that “when” matters as much as “if”: softer expectations for going public in 2026 reportedly mean the bridge could buy more time to line up the business, not just the models.
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