--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "c08dcf5b2c2d9810b0d5f2392668cda4a42e52cf3a2647cf566e9aac671b2adb" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/c08dcf5b?lang=en" title: "OpenAI Lowers Latest Fundraising Goal to $20B and Valuation to $1.25T" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-31T00:23:04.000Z" category: "Funding" topics: ["openai","funding"] source_urls: ["https://marketbrief.now/startups/openai-lowers-latest-fundraising-goal-to-20b-and-valuation-to-125t-f994ea86","https://x.com/wallstengine/status/2116322857617908141","https://x.com/negligible_cap/status/2116323551733035489","https://huggingnews.com/startups/openai-lowers-latest-fundraising-goal-to-20b-and-valuation-to-125t-f994ea86","https://www.techmeme.com/261030/p30","https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/31/openai-reportedly-lowers-funding-target-for-new-round/"] summary: "OpenAI has lowered its latest fundraising goal to $20 billion and its target valuation to $1.25 trillion, down from a previous $1.4 trillion estimate. The adjustment follows a selloff in AI stocks and declining investor commitments, and the company expects the initial close may not meet the new $20B target, which it may later address through a secondary offering." --- # OpenAI Lowers Latest Fundraising Goal to $20B and Valuation to $1\.25T > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-31T00:23:04.000Z **Category:** Funding **Topics:** openai, funding ## Summary OpenAI has lowered its latest fundraising goal to $20 billion and its target valuation to $1\.25 trillion, down from a previous $1\.4 trillion estimate\. The adjustment follows a selloff in AI stocks and declining investor commitments, and the company expects the initial close may not meet the new $20B target, which it may later address through a secondary offering\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Story source]()