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## Report: OpenAI closing on $30B 'bridge' funding round to tide it over before IPO

DevFeed: [Report: OpenAI closing on $30B 'bridge' funding round to tide it over before IPO](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/report-openai-closing-on-30b-bridge-funding-round-to-tide-it-over-before-ipo-96457.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/22/report-openai-closing-on-30b-bridge-funding-round-to-tide-it-over-before-ipo/>)

Author: Mike Wheatley

Published: 2026-10-23T00:47:28Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [SiliconANGLE](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/siliconangle.md>)

Topics: [Finance](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/finance.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>)

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### AI overview

CNBC reports that OpenAI is in advanced talks for a roughly $30 billion funding round led by investors from the UAE, with Coatue expected to participate. The proposed investment is described as an opportunistic bridge to fund the business while IPO plans are finalized; its size is unsettled, and OpenAI reportedly hopes for commitments by the end of the following week. The text says the round would follow OpenAI's $122 billion raise in March and notes that its IPO timing has shifted: Sarah Friar told employees it would be public in 2027, while Sam Altman called going public this year ill-advised. OpenAI is also reportedly discussing a separate UAE deal for Middle East compute capacity. These arrangements are described as talks, not completed agreements.

### Source excerpt

Artificial intelligence leader OpenAI Group PBC might have plans to go public in the near future, but it isn't done with private funding rounds. Indeed, it's currently believed to be negotiating with investors an additional $30 billion investment that would bring its valuation to a staggering $1.25 trillion, which would make it the most valuable [...] The post Report: OpenAI closing on $30B 'bridge' funding round to tide it over before IPO appeared first on SiliconANGLE.