AI Intelligence Daily
Thursday, February 19, 2026
OpenAI Secures Record-Breaking $100 Billion Funding Boost
OpenAI is nearing completion of a massive funding round, valuing the company at over $850 billion. The funds will be invested in infrastructure for its AI tools.
**This historic funding round cements OpenAI's position as a dominant force in the AI industry**
Quick Summary
- •OpenAI Secures Record-Breaking $100 Billion Funding Boost
- •**This historic funding round cements OpenAI's position as a dominant force in the AI industry**
- •Key players: OpenAI
Today's Intelligence
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Business
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Moonshot AI Unveils Vision-Powered AI Breakthrough
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OpenAI Secures Record $100 Billion Funding
OpenAI is nearing completion of a record-breaking funding round to expand its AI capabilities.
Surge AI Boosts AI Agent Capabilities
Surge AI's Corecraft environment yields significant improvements in AI agent capabilities with transferable gains to out-of-distribution benchmarks.
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