On Friday, OpenAI officially announced that the weekly active users of its flagship AI product, ChatGPT, have reached 900 million, a significant increase from the 800 million reported in October 2025, marking its close proximity to the 1 billion user milestone. Meanwhile, the company revealed that the number of paid users for ChatGPT has reached 50 million, and the growth momentum between January and February 2026 was particularly strong, with the potential to set a new record for the highest number of new users in the company's history.

OpenAI stated that the surge in user numbers directly reflects product iteration and optimization, continuously improving response speed, reliability, and system security through economies of scale, thereby meeting the multi-dimensional application needs of global users in learning, creation, planning, and development.

ChatGPT

Alongside the user data, OpenAI also disclosed its record-breaking financial activities. OpenAI has completed a new private funding round totaling $110 billion, pushing its pre-funding valuation to $730 billion. This round was led by Amazon with a $50 billion investment, while NVIDIA and SoftBank each invested $30 billion, making it one of the largest private funding rounds in technology history. The funding process is still ongoing, and more institutional investors are expected to join.

This deep capital alliance not only provides OpenAI with abundant computing power and financial reserves but also reflects the strategic bet by global tech giants on the leading company in generative AI. As consumer user growth enters a new normal, OpenAI is further solidifying its absolute leading position in the race for general artificial intelligence (AGI) through dual expansion in capital and ecosystem.