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Funding Round: Microsoft Strategic Investment (OpenAI)

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Company: OpenAI
Company: OpenAI
Name: Microsoft Strategic Investment
Date: July 2019
Raised: 1000000000
Raised Low: 1000000000
Raised High: 1000000000
Instrument: equity
Lead Investor: Microsoft
Lead Investor: Microsoft
Source: https://openai.com/index/microsoft-invests-in-and-partners-with-openai/
Notes: Microsoft's initial $1B partnership investment, coinciding with OpenAI's transition to a capped-profit entity. Capital committed over multiple years.

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openai.com/index/microsoft-invests-in-and-partners-with-openai/resource

confirmed99%Haiku 4.5 · 7/20/2026

NoteThe source directly confirms all three key fields: (1) name matches 'Microsoft invests in and partners with OpenAI'; (2) amount is explicitly stated as '$1 billion'; (3) date is July 22, 2019, which matches the claimed 2019-07 (July 2019). The exact stored value of 1,000,000,000 matches the source's '$1 billion' statement. All fields are confirmed.

Case № U70CPMi7PoFiled 7/20/2026Confidence 99%