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title: "Source: Gimlet Labs raised its $300M round after telling investors OpenAI may spend $100M+ annually on its services; OpenAI says it's not a paying customer yet (The Information)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/source-gimlet-labs-raised-its-300m-round-after-telling-investors-db54cb71
published: 2026-09-09T01:15:01.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# Source: Gimlet Labs raised its $300M round after telling investors OpenAI may spend $100M+ annually on its services; OpenAI says it's not a paying customer yet (The Information)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-09-09 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/source-gimlet-labs-raised-its-300m-round-after-telling-investors-db54cb71

The Information : Source: Gimlet Labs raised its $300M round after telling investors OpenAI may spend $100M+ annually on its services; OpenAI says it's not a paying customer yet — Gimlet Labs said late last week it had raised $300 million at a valuation of about $3 billion, in a round led by new investor Andreessen Horowitz.

In this story: [Andreessen Horowitz](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/andreessen-horowitz), [Gimlet Labs](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/gimlet-labs)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/260908/p48#a260908p48)

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