ChatGPT reaches 900M weekly active users

Source: TechCrunch

Key Metrics

• Weekly active users: 900 million (announced by OpenAI on Friday) – see the official announcement.
• Paying subscribers: 50 million.

“Subscriber momentum accelerated meaningfully to start the year, with January and February on track to be the largest months for new subscribers in our history,” the company wrote in a blog post. “People 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.”

Growth Compared to Previous Report

• The new weekly active user figure represents an increase of 100 million from the 800 million reported in October 2025 (TechCrunch source).

Funding Announcement

• OpenAI disclosed that it has raised $110 billion in private funding (TechCrunch article), one of the largest private funding rounds in history.
• The round includes:
  • $50 billion from Amazon
  • $30 billion each from Nvidia and SoftBank
• Valuation: $730 billion pre‑money.
• The round remains open, and the company expects additional investors to join.