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ChatGPT has reached 900 million weekly active users, OpenAI announced<\/a> Friday, putting the AI chatbot within striking distance of 1 billion. OpenAI also shared that it now has 50 million paying subscribers.<\/p>\n \u201cSubscriber momentum accelerated meaningfully to start the year, with January and February on track to be the largest months for new subscribers in our history,\u201d the company wrote in a blog post. \u201cPeople use ChatGPT to learn, write, plan, and build. As usage scales, the product improves in ways people feel immediately: faster responses, higher reliability, stronger safety, and more consistent performance.\u201d<\/p>\n The new weekly active user figure marks a jump of 100 million users from the 800 million<\/a> that OpenAI reported in October 2025.<\/p>\n OpenAI shared the new numbers as part of its announcement that it has raised $110 billion<\/a> in private funding, marking one of the largest private funding rounds in history. The new funding includes a $50 billion investment from Amazon, along with $30 billion each from Nvidia and SoftBank, at a $730 billion pre-money valuation. The round remains open, and the company expects more investors to join. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n