New funding to scale the benefits of AI

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OpenAI has raised $6.6B in new funding at a $157B post-money valuation to accelerate frontier AI research, increase compute capacity, and expand access to advanced AI tools. The funding aims to scale the benefits of AI globally, with over 250 million weekly ChatGPT users already leveraging the platform.

We are making progress on our mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.
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# New funding to scale the benefits of AI Source: [https://openai.com/index/scale-the-benefits-of-ai/](https://openai.com/index/scale-the-benefits-of-ai/) We are making progress on our mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity\. Every week, over 250 million people around the world use ChatGPT to enhance their work, creativity, and learning\. Across industries, businesses are improving productivity and operations, and developers are leveraging our platform to create a new generation of applications\. And we’re only getting started\. We’ve raised $6\.6B in new funding at a $157B post\-money valuation to accelerate progress on our mission\. The new funding will allow us to double down on our leadership in frontier AI research, increase compute capacity, and continue building tools that help people solve hard problems\. We aim to make advanced intelligence a widely accessible resource\. We’re grateful to our investors for their trust in us, and we look forward to working with our partners, developers, and the broader community to shape an AI\-powered ecosystem and future that benefits everyone\. By collaborating with key partners, including the U\.S\. and allied governments, we can unlock this technology's full potential\.

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