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Sam Altman is courting UAE investors as OpenAI's funding target reportedly shrinks.

A smaller raise than planned could constrain OpenAI's long-term compute commitments, making Gulf capital a key funding source for frontier-model infrastructure.
Trade pressSlicast · November 2, 2026 at 15:44 UTC · US · Source: Invezz
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