Jakarta, INTI - OpenAI announced that ChatGPT’s weekly active users have reached 900 million, including 50 million paid subscribers.
The news was published on Sunday, March 1, 2026, at 08:11 WIB, with a reading time of two minutes.
The report was cited from TechCrunch on Sunday.
OpenAI stated that paid subscriber growth has increased significantly since the beginning of the year, with January and February marking the largest new subscriber additions in the company’s history.
The company stated, “Customer growth momentum increased significantly at the beginning of the year, with January and the ongoing month of February becoming the months with the largest addition of new subscribers in our history.”
The figure of 900 million weekly active users represents an increase of 100 million compared to October 2025, when the platform recorded 800 million users.
ChatGPT is used by people for learning, writing, planning, and building various projects.
The company noted that the growing scale of usage has led to faster response times, improved reliability, and more consistent performance and security standards.
Funding and Valuation
OpenAI also announced that it has secured $110 billion in private funding, described as one of the largest fundraising rounds in the history of privately held companies.
The investment includes $50 billion from Amazon, as well as $30 billion each from Nvidia and SoftBank.
OpenAI’s pre-money valuation reached $730 billion.
The funding round remains open, and the company expects additional investors to join.
Conclusion
ChatGPT’s surge to 900 million weekly active users highlights OpenAI’s accelerating global reach and commercial momentum. Strong paid subscriber growth, combined with one of the largest private funding rounds in history, reinforces the company’s dominant position in the AI industry. With continued investor backing and expanding adoption, OpenAI appears well-positioned to scale its infrastructure and innovation even further.
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