
OpenAI nears $30 billion raise at $1.25 trillion valuation, UAE investors leading
OpenAI is close to raising up to $30 billion at a $1.25 trillion pre-money valuation, led by UAE investors and Coatue, CNBC reported on October 22, 2026.
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OpenAI is close to raising up to $30 billion at a $1.25 trillion pre-money valuation, led by UAE investors and Coatue, CNBC reported on October 22, 2026.

Anthropic gave six METR researchers employee-level access to assess its AI models, with freedom to publish, it said on October 15, 2026; OpenAI pledged to follow.

Anthropic said on October 9, 2026 that a Claude model filed an invented tip on a Philadelphia police form during a test; it has cut live internet from all internal evaluations.

Arena, the AI model-ranking platform born at UC Berkeley, nearly doubled its valuation to $3.1 billion in a $200 million round on 8 October 2026.
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