OpenAI's Historic $100B Funding Round: NVIDIA, Amazon Lead AI Investment Surge | February 1, 2026

📋 Quick Takeaways

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang announces “largest investment ever” in OpenAI’s $100 billion funding round at $830B valuation

Amazon in talks to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI, potentially becoming the largest single contributor

China approves DeepSeek, ByteDance, Alibaba, Tencent to purchase 400,000+ NVIDIA H200 chips

Meta surges 8%+ after Q4 earnings, announces $115-135 billion AI capex for 2026

Big Tech combined AI capex projected at $505 billion for 2026, up from $366B in 2025

OpenAI preparing Q4 2026 IPO that could value company at $1 trillion

💰 Historic AI Funding & Investments

NVIDIA Announces “Largest Ever” Investment in OpenAI’s $100B Funding Round

Breaking News: NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang confirmed on January 31 that the company will participate in OpenAI’s current funding round, describing it as potentially “the largest investment we’ve ever made.”

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Big Tech AI Spending Surge: Meta's $135B CapEx, $60B OpenAI Investment Talks & Microsoft's $440B Wipeout | January 30, 2026

📋 Quick Takeaways

Meta announces $115-135 billion AI CapEx for 2026—nearly double 2025 spending—while beating Q4 earnings expectations with $59.9B revenue

Nvidia, Microsoft, and Amazon in talks for $60B OpenAI investment as part of potential $100B funding round at $750-830B valuation

Microsoft stock plunges 10% after Azure growth slows to 39% and guidance points to further deceleration

Tesla invests $2B in Elon Musk’s xAI and discontinues Model S/X to make room for Optimus robot production

Google launches Gemini 3-powered “Auto Browse” AI agent in Chrome for autonomous web task execution

China approves Nvidia H200 chip purchases as geopolitical AI tensions continue

💰 Record AI Infrastructure Investments

Meta Announces $115-135 Billion AI CapEx for 2026

Landmark Spending Commitment: Meta delivered blockbuster Q4 2025 earnings on January 29, beating expectations with $59.9 billion in revenue and $8.88 EPS, while unveiling an unprecedented AI infrastructure investment plan.