OpenAI's flagship product, ChatGPT, has reached 900 million weekly active users, the company announced on Friday. This significant milestone puts the artificial intelligence chatbot within striking distance of the 1 billion user mark. In the same announcement, OpenAI revealed it now has 50 million paying subscribers for its premium services.
The company stated that subscriber growth accelerated sharply at the start of the year, with January and February on track to be its largest months for new subscriber additions in history. "People use ChatGPT to learn, write, plan, and build. As usage scales, the product improves in ways people feel immediately: faster responses, higher reliability, stronger safety, and more consistent performance," OpenAI wrote in an official blog post.
Record Funding Round Announced
OpenAI shared these user metrics as part of a broader announcement detailing a monumental $110 billion private funding round. This fundraising effort stands as one of the largest private capital raises in corporate history. The new funding includes a $50 billion investment from technology and retail giant Amazon, with an additional $30 billion each from chipmaker Nvidia and investment conglomerate SoftBank's Vision Fund.
The investment values OpenAI at a pre-money valuation of $730 billion. The funding round remains open, and the company expects additional investors to participate in the coming period.
Sustained Growth Trajectory
The latest user figure of 900 million weekly active users represents a jump of 100 million from the 800 million users OpenAI reported in October 2025. This continued growth underscores ChatGPT's dominant position in the consumer AI market, which it has maintained since its public launch in late 2022.
The combination of massive user adoption and unprecedented private investment solidifies OpenAI's status as a central pillar of the ongoing AI revolution, influencing sectors from education and software development to media and customer service. The company's technology forms the backbone of numerous other products and services across the global tech industry.
Industry analysts note that reaching 1 billion weekly users would place ChatGPT among the world's most widely used digital platforms, a cohort currently including services like Google Search, YouTube, and Facebook. The latest funding will likely be directed towards further scaling its infrastructure, advancing its AI models, and expanding its suite of enterprise and consumer products.