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OpenAI's $100 Billion Funding + Sam Altman Refuses to Hold Darios Hand...

In Machines we Trust

In Machines we Trust

Technology

4.36 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we explore OpenAI's massive $100 billion funding round and soaring valuation, alongside the increasing competition and awkward rivalry with Anthropic. We also discuss OpenAI's aggressive expansion and user analytics in India, highlighting their strategic investments and monetization efforts.


Chapters
00:00 Introduction to OpenAI's Funding
01:48 OpenAI's $100 Billion Funding
08:19 Altman vs. Amodeo Rivalry
11:52 OpenAI's India Expansion
13:21 India User Analytics
17:05 Future Strategy and IPO


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0:00.0

Open AI is closing in on one of the largest private fund raising rounds in tech history.

0:05.4

It's absolutely massive.

0:07.5

Welcome to the podcast.

0:08.4

I'm your host, Jaden Schaefer.

0:09.8

Today we're talking about some reports coming out of Bloomberg in relation to a $100 billion

0:15.5

round of funding that OpenEye is going to be doing, putting them at an $850 billion valuation.

0:21.5

This is absolutely astronomical.

0:24.1

And also, there's a bunch of awkward moments happening in India between Sam Altman and Anthropic

0:29.9

CEO, Dario Amadeo, who've been in this death feud for the last, I would say, couple months

0:36.0

based off of Anthropic putting out these kind of

0:38.6

attack ads at the Super Bowl on Open AI and Sam Alton and firing back. And then they had a very

0:43.2

awkward moment where they're supposed to be holding hands in India. Things did not go according to

0:46.9

plan. I want to break that down and also talk about some interesting analytics coming out of

0:51.4

Open AI in regards to their users. So it's basically a whole bunch

0:55.3

of AI news for OpenAI today. Before we get into all of that, if you want to try the latest

1:00.7

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1:07.1

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1:12.3

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1:17.0

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1:22.2

month, you get access to every major AI model in the world, in the same place, and the ability

1:27.4

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1:29.1

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