--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "e5a70a4e196963469d80afa2f409829453df8d659da4b073f35cfbe45e14e875" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/e5a70a4e?lang=en" title: "Sources: OpenAI nears an up to $30B round led by investors from the UAE and Coatue at a $1.25T pre-money valuation, as an \"opportunistic\" bridge ahead of an IPO (Kate Rooney/CNBC)" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-22T20:23:08.000Z" category: "Funding" topics: ["openai","funding"] source_urls: ["https://www.techmeme.com/261022/p52","https://x.com/CNBC/status/2113364977562087600","https://x.com/IPONewsroom_/status/2113365478802641207","https://x.com/edzitron/status/2113365120411746497","https://x.com/zerohedge/status/2112326915906490640","https://x.com/negligible_cap/status/2112331330109280529","https://x.com/Amanda_Goodall/status/2112331227206394126","https://x.com/Amanda_Goodall/status/2112601490716254242"] summary: "OpenAI is nearing a funding round of up to $30B led by investors from the UAE and Coatue at a $1.25T pre-money valuation, described as an opportunistic bridge ahead of an IPO." --- # Sources: OpenAI nears an up to $30B round led by investors from the UAE and Coatue at a $1\.25T pre\-money valuation, as an "opportunistic" bridge ahead of an IPO \(Kate Rooney/CNBC\) > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-22T20:23:08.000Z **Category:** Funding **Topics:** openai, funding ## Summary OpenAI is nearing a funding round of up to $30B led by investors from the UAE and Coatue at a $1\.25T pre\-money valuation, described as an opportunistic bridge ahead of an IPO\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]()