OpenAI has raised $8.3 billion in a heavily oversubscribed funding round, achieving a $300 billion valuation. The investment drew five times more capital than targeted, with Dragoneer Investment Group providing $2.8 billion. This reflects intense investor confidence in OpenAI’s dominance of the AI sector.
ChatGPT maintains over 70% share in the Large Language Model market. OpenAI projects $12.7 billion in revenue for the current fiscal year. The company shifted from nonprofit to capped-profit structure in 2019, coinciding with Microsoft’s $1 billion strategic investment.
Parallel investments are fueling crypto-based AI projects. Nous Research raised $50 million to advance decentralized AI agents, while Poseidon secured $15 million for blockchain-enhanced neural network infrastructure.
The broader crypto sector saw venture capital surpass $10 billion in Q2 2025, peaking at $5.14 billion in June alone. Investors are allocating substantial capital toward projects integrating blockchain with artificial intelligence technologies.