# OpenAI Raising Additional $10B From a16z, D.E. Shaw, and Others

_Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at 9:59 PM EDT · AI · Latest · Tier 1 — Major_

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar confirmed a new $10 billion fundraising round led by Andreessen Horowitz and D.E. Shaw. The round follows the $40 billion raise OpenAI completed earlier in 2026.

The additional capital underscores the accelerating cost of frontier AI development. OpenAI has been spending aggressively on compute infrastructure, talent acquisition, and product expansion across enterprise and consumer markets.

## Sources

- Techmeme

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