funding-round
Seed (2015-12)
Metadata
| Source Table | funding_rounds |
| Source ID | tthlwiiVfE |
| Description | raised $1,000,000,000, donation |
| Source URL | openai.com/blog/introducing-openai |
| Parent | OpenAI |
| Children | — |
| Created | Mar 26, 2026, 4:42 PM |
| Updated | Mar 26, 2026, 4:42 PM |
| Synced | Mar 26, 2026, 4:42 PM |
Record Data
id | tthlwiiVfE |
companyId | openai |
companyEntityId | OpenAI(organization) |
companyDisplayName | — |
name | Seed |
date | 2015-12 |
raised | 1000000000 |
raisedLow | 1000000000 |
raisedHigh | 1000000000 |
valuation | — |
valuationLow | — |
valuationHigh | — |
instrument | donation |
leadInvestor | — |
leadInvestorEntityId | — |
leadInvestorDisplayName | — |
source | openai.com/blog/introducing-openai |
notes | $1B pledged at founding by Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Reid Hoffman, Peter Thiel, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Infosys, and YC Research. |
Source Check Verdicts
confirmed95% confidence
Last checked: 4/7/2026
The source confirms all three key fields: (1) The funding round name is 'Seed' (this is OpenAI's initial funding announcement), (2) The amount raised is $1 billion (stated as '$1 billion' committed by funders), and (3) The date is December 2015 (the blog post is dated December 11, 2015, which matches the claimed 2015-12). The numerical value of 1,000,000,000 equals $1 billion. All claims are directly supported by the source text.
Debug info
Thing ID: tthlwiiVfE
Source Table: funding_rounds
Source ID: tthlwiiVfE