Legacy OpenAI text-to-speech models are removed from the APIScheduled
OpenAI will remove tts-1, tts-1-hd and two GPT-4o mini TTS snapshots from the API on January 6, 2027. The recommended replacement is gpt-realtime-2.1-mini.
OpenAI is scheduled to shut down the v1/prompts API and reusable prompt objects on November 30, 2026. The migration path is to keep prompt content in application code.
Legacy GPT-3.5 Turbo and GPT-4 snapshots shut downScheduled
OpenAI will remove gpt-3.5-turbo-0125 and gpt-4-0613 snapshot aliases from the API on October 23, 2026. The documented replacements are GPT-5.6 Terra and GPT-5.6 Sol respectively.
Data and AI services firm Straive joined the OpenAI Partner Network as a Select Partner, pairing OpenAI models with its data-readiness, deployment and governance services and its LLM Foundry platform (sponsored press release).
OpenAI reportedly in talks to raise $30B+ at $1.4T pre-money valuationRumored
Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources, that OpenAI is negotiating a round of $30B or more at a $1.4 trillion pre-money valuation, with investors including Abu Dhabi's MGX and other UAE funds. Not confirmed by OpenAI.
OpenAI annualized revenue reported near $50 billion, targeting $70 billion+ by year-end
Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources, reported OpenAI's annualized revenue was about $50B at the end of September 2026 and that it targets at least $70B by end of 2026. The figure counts only OpenAI's net share of cloud-partner sales, so it is not directly comparable to earlier gross run-rate reports. OpenAI declined to comment.
OpenAI and Atlassian expanded their partnership to deploy GPT-6-family frontier models across Atlassian's platform and Rovo. The agreement also broadens Atlassian's use of Codex and ChatGPT Enterprise and supports deeper integrations with Jira and Atlassian's Teamwork Graph.
OpenAI says billing for the trusted-access GPT-Rosalind research model begins on October 5, 2026, at $5 per million input tokens, $0.50 per million cached input tokens, and $25 per million output tokens.
OpenAI annualized revenue run rate nears $70 billion
Axios reported, citing sources familiar with the financials, that OpenAI's annualized revenue run rate had grown more than 70% since the start of Q3 to almost $70 billion, with enterprise sales more than doubling since July. OpenAI has not confirmed the figure.
Bloomberg reported that OpenAI's annualized revenue had topped $40 billion, roughly double its run rate at the end of 2025, with July revenue up more than 20% month over month on coding products, subscriptions and early ad sales.
The Information reported that OpenAI topped $25 billion in annualized revenue as of the end of February 2026, up 17% from $21.4 billion at the end of 2025 (reported 5 March 2026).