PANews reported on August 16 that, according to Jinshi, a person familiar with the trading situation disclosed that OpenAI has successfully secured $8.3 billion in a new round of funding within a total financing plan of $40 billion. This funding comes at a time when the company's business is accelerating its development. The individual revealed that OpenAI's annual recurring revenue has surged from $10 billion in June to $13 billion, and it is expected to exceed $20 billion by the end of this year. In addition, the number of paid enterprise users of ChatGPT has rapidly increased from 3 million a few months ago to 5 million. This round of fundraising has been completed ahead of schedule, with strong subscription demand resulting in oversubscription reaching five times.