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title: "OpenAI valued at $1.25 trillion, as rival Anthropic nears its IPO"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/openai-valued-at-1-25-trillion-as-rival-anthropic-nears-its-ipo-1cfd7633
published: 2026-11-06T23:46:18.000Z
byline: "Source: The Verge AI"
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# OpenAI valued at $1.25 trillion, as rival Anthropic nears its IPO

Source: The Verge AI · Published 2026-11-06 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/openai-valued-at-1-25-trillion-as-rival-anthropic-nears-its-ipo-1cfd7633

OpenAI is now valued at $1.25 trillion in a new round of funding that has raised another $11 billion, according to Bloomberg. That would make it one of the world's most valuable companies, not long after raising $122 billion from investors in March at a valuation of $852 billion. Echoing FT and Wall Street Journal \[…\]

In this story: [OpenAI](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/openai), [Anthropic](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/anthropic), [Bloomberg](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/bloomberg), [Financial Times](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/financial-times), [Wall Street Journal](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/wall-street-journal), [AI Funding](https://frontiernewswire.com/topics/ai-funding)

## Sources

- [Read the original at The Verge AI](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1029380/openai-1-25-trillion-investment-valuation)

## On Bluesky

- [The Verge (@theverge.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/theverge.com/post/3mzokyjocc42v) (Nov 6, 2026 · 9 likes · 2 reposts): CEO Sam Altman said recently that OpenAI is prioritizing safety instead of going ‘guns blazing’ toward an IPO. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
- [TheHourlyShift (@zimba7768.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/zimba7768.bsky.social/post/3mzolovl63i2d) (Nov 6, 2026): AI giants surge: OpenAI hits $1.25T valuation as rival Anthropic preps its IPO. Read full article

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