Funding Round: Founding Pledges (OpenAI Foundation)
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Our claim
entire record- Company
- OpenAI Foundation
- Company
- OpenAI Foundation
- Name
- Founding Pledges
- Date
- 2016
- Raised
- 130000000
- Raised Low
- 130000000
- Raised High
- 130000000
- Instrument
- donation
- Lead Investor
- Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Reid Hoffman, Peter Thiel, AWS
- Lead Investor
- Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Reid Hoffman, Peter Thiel, AWS
- Notes
OpenAI Foundation (501c3 nonprofit) received ~$130M in actual donations 2016-2019 from founding donors. Original pledge was $1B but only ~$130M was collected. Entity has no equity funding rounds as it is a nonprofit. In October 2025 restructuring, the Foundation received a 26% eq… expand
OpenAI Foundation (501c3 nonprofit) received ~$130M in actual donations 2016-2019 from founding donors. Original pledge was $1B but only ~$130M was collected. Entity has no equity funding rounds as it is a nonprofit. In October 2025 restructuring, the Foundation received a 26% equity stake (~$130B) in OpenAI Group PBC.
Source evidence
1 src · 1 checkNoteSubject mismatch: The claim refers to 'Founding Pledges (OpenAI Foundation)' as a specific named funding round, but the source is about OpenAI Inc's nonprofit tax filings. While the source does show $13.78M in contributions for 2016 (close to the claimed $130M), the source does not identify any funding round by the name 'Founding Pledges,' nor does it distinguish between different rounds or pledge campaigns. The $130M figure in the claim is approximately 9.4x the $13.78M shown in the 2016 Form 990 contributions line. Without documentation of a specific 'Founding Pledges' round or confirmation of the $130M amount in the source material, this cannot be verified. The source provides financial data but does not label or describe specific funding rounds by name.