OpenAI recibe 110.000 millones de dólares de tres gigantes tecnológicos, liderados por Amazon

apnews.com ∙ Friday, February 27, 2026

OpenAI recibe 110.000 millones de dólares de tres gigantes tecnológicos, liderados por Amazon

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OpenAI secures $110 billion in funding from Amazon, SoftBank, and Nvidia, raising its valuation to $730 billion and expanding strategic cloud partnerships with Amazon Web Services.

Summary

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has announced a significant funding round totaling $110 billion from major tech players Amazon, SoftBank, and Nvidia, valuing the company at $730 billion pre-investment. Amazon leads the investment with $50 billion, followed by Nvidia and SoftBank each contributing $30 billion. Amazon will make an initial $15 billion investment, with the remainder to follow under specific conditions. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman highlighted that these alliances are crucial for expanding global reach and infrastructure, enabling the company to bring AI to more people and communities worldwide. With ChatGPT serving over 900 million weekly active users and 50 million consumer subscribers, OpenAI is entering a new phase where AI moves from research to scalable daily use, with leadership defined by infrastructure scaling capabilities. The expanded multi-year partnership with Amazon and AWS, now valued at $100 billion over eight years, designates AWS as the exclusive cloud provider for OpenAI Frontier and includes collaboration on custom models. OpenAI also intends to extend its alliance with Nvidia, while reaffirming that its long-standing partnership with Microsoft remains unaffected.

Highlights

OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, is set to receive $110 billion in funding from Amazon, SoftBank, and Nvidia.
This investment places OpenAI's pre-investment valuation at $730 billion.
Amazon committed the largest portion of funds with $50 billion, followed by Nvidia and SoftBank, each contributing $30 billion.
Amazon's investment will begin with an initial $15 billion, with an additional $35 billion to be invested over the coming months under predefined conditions.
According to OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman, these partnerships will broaden global reach, deepen infrastructure, and strengthen the company's balance sheet to deploy AI more widely.
ChatGPT boasts over 900 million weekly active users and more than 50 million consumer subscribers.
Altman stated that AI is transitioning from research to global daily use, emphasizing that leadership will depend on the ability to scale infrastructure rapidly to meet demand and convert that capacity into indispensable products.
The funding and alliances are intended to enable OpenAI to achieve its mission of ensuring Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity.
The multi-year alliance with Amazon includes delivering advanced AI capabilities to businesses and establishing Amazon Web Services (AWS) as the exclusive cloud distribution provider for OpenAI Frontier.
The existing multi-year agreement between OpenAI and AWS will be expanded from $38 billion to $100 billion over eight years.
OpenAI and AWS will collaborate on developing custom models for Amazon developers to enhance customer-facing applications.
OpenAI also plans to extend its alliance with Nvidia.
OpenAI confirmed that its alliance with Microsoft, established in 2019, remains unchanged by the new funding or partners, described as 'solid and central'.
The article was updated on February 27, 2026, and translated from English by an AP editor using generative AI tools.

OpenAI recibe 110.000 millones de dólares de tres gigantes tecnológicos, liderados por Amazon

apnews.com ∙ Friday, February 27, 2026

Top line

OpenAI secures $110 billion in funding from Amazon, SoftBank, and Nvidia, raising its valuation to $730 billion and expanding strategic cloud partnerships with Amazon Web Services.

Summary

Highlights

OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, is set to receive $110 billion in funding from Amazon, SoftBank, and Nvidia.
This investment places OpenAI's pre-investment valuation at $730 billion.
Amazon committed the largest portion of funds with $50 billion, followed by Nvidia and SoftBank, each contributing $30 billion.
Amazon's investment will begin with an initial $15 billion, with an additional $35 billion to be invested over the coming months under predefined conditions.
According to OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman, these partnerships will broaden global reach, deepen infrastructure, and strengthen the company's balance sheet to deploy AI more widely.
ChatGPT boasts over 900 million weekly active users and more than 50 million consumer subscribers.
Altman stated that AI is transitioning from research to global daily use, emphasizing that leadership will depend on the ability to scale infrastructure rapidly to meet demand and convert that capacity into indispensable products.
The funding and alliances are intended to enable OpenAI to achieve its mission of ensuring Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity.
The multi-year alliance with Amazon includes delivering advanced AI capabilities to businesses and establishing Amazon Web Services (AWS) as the exclusive cloud distribution provider for OpenAI Frontier.
The existing multi-year agreement between OpenAI and AWS will be expanded from $38 billion to $100 billion over eight years.
OpenAI and AWS will collaborate on developing custom models for Amazon developers to enhance customer-facing applications.
OpenAI also plans to extend its alliance with Nvidia.
OpenAI confirmed that its alliance with Microsoft, established in 2019, remains unchanged by the new funding or partners, described as 'solid and central'.
The article was updated on February 27, 2026, and translated from English by an AP editor using generative AI tools.