Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the G20 Innovation Ministerial in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on September 2, 2026.
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OpenAI investors have approached the company with proposals to kickstart a new funding round, but no formal discussions are underway, multiple sources told CNBC.
Investors have floated a $1.2 trillion valuation to OpenAI, and some have positioned the potential new funding round as a way for employees to sell stock, according to the people, who asked not to be named in order to discuss nonpublic information.
OpenAI, which raised $122 billion at a $852 billion valuation in March, is not currently engaged in conversations, the people said.
OpenAI declined to comment. The Financial Times was first to report the potential round.
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