In February 2026, the artificial intelligence sector recorded a record financing month, led by a major capital infusion into OpenAI.

Funding details

OpenAI closed the largest round in February, securing $110 billion and reaching a valuation near $730 billion. Investors in the round include SoftBank, NVIDIA and Amazon.

Other significant financings in the same period include Anthropic raising $30 billion, while World Labs and Cerebras Systems each received $1 billion. Chip startup MatX closed a round of $500 million.

Market context

Investors redirected capital toward artificial intelligence amid a cooling of crypto venture activity, making AI firms primary recipients of new funding.

The concentration of large rounds highlights continued institutional belief in AI infrastructure and model development as central drivers of near-term technology investment.

Implications for the industry

Such sizeable allocations are expected to accelerate deployment of compute capacity and further partnerships between model developers and hardware providers.

At the same time, the scale of these investments raises questions about competitive positioning, integration timelines and the pace of commercial rollout across enterprise customers.