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Funding Round: Strategic Investment (Microsoft) (OpenAI)

Verdictconfirmed95%

1 check · 4/9/2026

The source text explicitly states 'Microsoft is investing $1 billion in OpenAI' in the opening paragraph, dated July 22, 2019. The record claims a raised amount of 1000000000 (1 billion) in 2019-07 (July 2019). The amount matches exactly (1 billion = 1000000000), and the date matches (July 2019 = 2019-07). All key fields are confirmed by the source.

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Company: openai
Company: OpenAI
Name: Strategic Investment (Microsoft)
Date: July 2019
Raised: 1000000000
Raised Low: 1000000000
Raised High: 1000000000
Instrument: strategic
Lead Investor: Microsoft
Source: https://openai.com/blog/microsoft
Notes: $1B strategic investment from Microsoft in July 2019, establishing a long-term partnership.

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openai.com/blog/microsoft resource

confirmed95%Haiku 4.5 · 4/9/2026

NoteThe source text explicitly states 'Microsoft is investing $1 billion in OpenAI' in the opening paragraph, dated July 22, 2019. The record claims a raised amount of 1000000000 (1 billion) in 2019-07 (July 2019). The amount matches exactly (1 billion = 1000000000), and the date matches (July 2019 = 2019-07). All key fields are confirmed by the source.

Case № hNe8G951fgFiled 4/9/2026Confidence 95%