Nvidia Nears $30 Billion Stake in OpenAI in Landmark AI Funding Round

Nvidia is close to finalizing a $30 billion investment in OpenAI, marking a significant strategic move by the world’s leading AI chipmaker to take a direct stake in one of its largest and most influential customers, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The investment is expected to form part of a massive fundraising round in which OpenAI is seeking to raise more than $100 billion. Such a deal would value the ChatGPT creator at roughly $830 billion, making it one of the largest private capital raises ever recorded. SoftBank Group and Amazon are also likely to participate in the round, Reuters has previously reported.

If completed, the transaction would underscore the rapidly deepening financial and strategic links across the artificial intelligence ecosystem, as chipmakers, cloud providers, and AI model developers increasingly align their interests in the race to build more advanced systems.

According to the Financial Times, the prospective investment would replace a commitment announced in September under which Nvidia planned to invest up to $100 billion to support OpenAI’s deployment of Nvidia chips across data centers. That earlier arrangement envisioned Nvidia making an initial $10 billion investment once a definitive agreement was reached for OpenAI to purchase Nvidia systems. However, negotiations took significantly longer than anticipated, ultimately prompting a restructuring of the deal.

Nvidia declined to comment when contacted by Reuters.

Much of the capital raised by OpenAI is expected to be channeled back into the AI hardware ecosystem, with a substantial portion earmarked for the purchase of Nvidia chips. These processors are critical for training and deploying OpenAI’s large-scale artificial intelligence models, reinforcing Nvidia’s central role in the global AI infrastructure buildout.

The prospective deal highlights how capital, technology, and supply chains in the AI sector are becoming increasingly interdependent, as industry leaders seek not only commercial partnerships but also direct equity stakes to secure long-term strategic advantages.