# OpenAI accelerates ~USD 30 billion funding talks ahead of Anthropic IPO

On 2026-10-19, according to Reuters, OpenAI is accelerating negotiations on a new funding round of about USD 30 billion (including existing shareholders) and showed investors post-GPT-6 Astra annualized revenue of about USD 50 billion. Financing remains under discussion and has not closed.



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- [OpenAI](/companies/openai)

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/openai-seeks-accelerate-fundraising-ahead-anthropic-ipo-sources-say-2026-10-19/