--- title: OpenAI Just Made History (Holy Sh*t?!) | daily.dev description: OpenAI has closed the largest funding round in corporate history, raising $122 billion at an $852 billion valuation, making it one of the fastest-growing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-just-made-history-holy-sh-t--srulj0rua twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenAI Just Made History (Holy Sh*t?!) | daily.dev og:description: OpenAI has closed the largest funding round in corporate history, raising $122 billion at an $852 billion valuation, making it one of the fastest-growing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-just-made-history-holy-sh-t--srulj0rua og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/sruLj0ruA.png og:image:alt: OpenAI Just Made History (Holy Sh*t?!) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenAI Just Made History (Holy Sh*t?!) **[Matt Wolfe](https://daily.dev/sources/mreflow)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary OpenAI has closed the largest funding round in corporate history, raising $122 billion at an $852 billion valuation, making it one of the fastest-growing companies ever with $2 billion in monthly revenue. Microsoft participated in the round despite rumors of a falling out. Additionally, OpenAI's Sora video generation product was shut down after reportedly losing around $1 million per day, totaling over $300 million annually. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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