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title: "OpenAI Targets $1.25 Trillion Valuation in New Funding Round"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/openai-targets-1-25-trillion-valuation-in-new-funding-round-95bd4422
published: 2026-10-23T12:14:16.000Z
byline: "Source: Bloomberg Tech"
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# OpenAI Targets $1.25 Trillion Valuation in New Funding Round

Source: Bloomberg Tech · Published 2026-10-23 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/openai-targets-1-25-trillion-valuation-in-new-funding-round-95bd4422

A rout in the artificial intelligence trade faded, offering global stock investors some respite in the final session of a volatile week, with further gains in oil prices keeping sentiment cautious. Bloomberg has learned OpenAI, which is seeking to raise around $30 billion in a fresh funding round, is now targeting a valuation of $1.25 trillion during the final stages of negotiations. French authorities are bracing for a new round of protests Saturday, rolling out the military to back up police in a bid to prevent a repeat of last weekend’s riots and reassure markets unnerved by the violence. Today's guests: Geoff Yu, BNY Senior Market Strategist; James Murray, Financial Secretary to the UK Treasury; Martin Quencez, German Marshall Fund of the United States Senior Fellow \& Special Adviser to the President; Oskar Lewnowski, Orion Resource Partners Founder \& Group CEO. (Source: Bloomberg)

## Sources

- [Read the original at Bloomberg Tech](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-10-23/the-pulse-10-232026-video)

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