OpenAI has secured 11 billion dollars in new funding at a company valuation of 1.25 trillion dollars, according to Reuters, citing unnamed sources. This is the first part of a larger funding round that is below the company's original target of up to 30 billion dollars.
Sources say the valuation has fallen from the 1.5 trillion dollars the company originally sought for this round. SoftBank Group and Abu Dhabi's MGX took part in the funding, according to the report. The new financing comes as investor sentiment toward artificial intelligence companies cools. Reuters reports that some investors valued the planned IPO of rival Anthropic at around 1.5 trillion dollars, below earlier expectations of around 2 trillion.
The changes in valuations reflect greater scrutiny from investors toward the artificial intelligence sector as they assess the capital needed to develop computing infrastructure and whether companies can achieve sufficient returns on investment. The new financing follows a large round announced in March 2026, when OpenAI said it had raised 122 billion dollars in committed capital at a post-money valuation of 852 billion dollars. The company said at the time that the funds would support the next phase of artificial intelligence development, including research, products and computing infrastructure.
Last week ADNOC announced at ADIPEC 2026 a multi-year partnership with OpenAI and G42 to deploy advanced AI agents across its operations, with the aim of improving decision-making, operational efficiency and coordination along the energy value chain.
What this means for businesses
For domestic companies, the signal is that valuations in the artificial intelligence sector are being corrected, so investors are looking more carefully at the ratio of invested capital to returns. This could make access to financing for AI projects harder and more expensive, especially for those that rely on infrastructure. At the same time, partnerships such as the one with ADNOC show that demand for applied AI agents in industry remains present. Companies planning similar projects should count on longer funding approval cycles and clearer business cases.
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