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February 9, 2026
Sam Altman touts ChatGPT's reaccelerating growth to employees as OpenAI closes in on $100 billion funding
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees that ChatGPT's monthly growth is back above 10%, as competition ramps up in generative AI.
TL;DR
- ChatGPT is back to exceeding 10% monthly growth.
- OpenAI is preparing to launch an updated Chat model this week.
- The coding product Codex grew about 50% from the previous week.
- OpenAI is set to begin testing ads within ChatGPT on Monday.
- OpenAI is in talks for a fundraising round that could reach $100 billion.
- Potential investors in the new round include Microsoft, Nvidia, and Amazon.
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