OpenAI investors have approached the company about a new funding round

Watch on YouTube ↗  |  September 16, 2026 at 13:48  |  6:20  |  CNBC
Speakers
Jim Cramer — Host, Mad Money
Sarah Friar — CFO, OpenAI
David Faber — Anchor, Squawk on the Street / Media Analyst
Carl Quintanilla — Anchor, CNBC

Summary

The segment covers AI safety and alignment, OpenAI's latest model and potential funding round, and continued demand for AI compute. Jim Cramer says compute remains a valuable asset and inference demand will stay strong, while Sarah Friar says OpenAI is focused on acquiring more compute. David Faber reports that OpenAI investors have discussed a higher-valuation funding round, but no active fundraising is underway.

  • Hosts discuss AI alignment risks and Jensen Huang's confidence in model alignment.
  • Jim Cramer sees no letup in AI compute demand, even if frontier training slows.
  • Sarah Friar says OpenAI is pacing frontier safety while still seeking more compute.
  • Jim Cramer mentions conversations with CrowdStrike, Okta, and Palo Alto Networks on AI security.
  • David Faber says OpenAI investors have floated a potential higher-valuation funding round.
  • Faber notes OpenAI is not actively fundraising and previously provided employee liquidity.
  • No public market ticker for OpenAI is available.
Ideas
Jim Cramer Host, Mad Money 0:34
AI compute demand remains strong.
There has been no letup in the view that computing power remains an incredibly valuable asset that will continue to be paid for and built. Even if frontier model training is slowed or paced, inference demand will continue at an incredible rate, and the ecosystem has not yet seen an impact from safety-related pacing, supporting continued AI compute demand.
Sarah Friar CFO, OpenAI 3:19
OpenAI focused on acquiring more compute.
OpenAI sees massive opportunity to drive growth and is highly focused on acquiring more compute to keep its flywheel going, even while pacing frontier model training for safety. This implies continued strong demand for AI compute infrastructure.
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