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OpenAI’s current API lineup separates demanding reasoning, balanced workloads and high-volume use. Its agent stack adds tools, execution and workflow management around the underlying models.

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Report: OpenAI Raises $15B in New Private Round at $1.25T Pre-Money Valuation

According to IT Home, CNBC reported that OpenAI raised $15 billion in a new private funding round at a $1.25 trillion pre-money valuation, above the roughly $11 billion previously reported. Sources said the round is not yet closed and is expected to finish within weeks, described as opportunistic financing ahead of a potential 2027 IPO. The report also cited Q3 2026 revenue of about $10 billion and an operating loss of $10.9 billion.

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ChatGPT Finances Expands to Mac Desktop App

According to IT Home, OpenAI said ChatGPT Finances is now available in the Mac desktop app, letting users link bank, credit card and investment accounts through Plaid to view balances, analyze spending, manage subscriptions and track portfolios. The read-only connection cannot move money, pay bills or trade stocks, and users can disconnect accounts at any time, per the company.

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Report: OpenAI Q3 Revenue Hits $10B, Up Nearly 50% QoQ

According to IT Home, Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, reports OpenAI's third-quarter revenue reached $10 billion for the first time, up nearly 50% quarter over quarter and about triple a year earlier. Adjusted operating margin improved to -109% from -150%, and annualized revenue was said to be around $50 billion as of late September. OpenAI is reportedly raising new funding at a $1.25 trillion valuation.

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OpenAI Launches Verified 'Business Agents' in ChatGPT Beta

According to The Verge, OpenAI is beta-testing verified 'Business Agents' in ChatGPT that represent brands and can answer questions like comparison shopping, The Verge reports. Eligible US e-commerce and online service businesses can create agents via a Business Hub, which also offers verification and insights into ChatGPT mentions. Chats with these agents are labeled and kept separate from the main conversation. OpenAI says this is an early step toward deeper business participation.

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Report: OpenAI Closes First $11B Tranche of New Funding at $1.25T Valuation

According to IT Home, Bloomberg-reported, citing people familiar, that OpenAI has received about $11 billion as the first tranche of a new funding round valuing the company at $1.25 trillion, with the remainder expected within weeks and the total possibly reaching $20 billion. Investors reportedly include Coatue and T. Rowe Price, alongside SoftBank, Sequoia, Founders Fund and Andreessen Horowitz. OpenAI declined to comment.

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Lawsuit Alleges ChatGPT Helped a North Carolina Woman Plan Husband's Poisoning

According to IT Home, A lawsuit filed in San Francisco County Superior Court alleges ChatGPT spent months generating a personalized plan that helped a North Carolina woman research poisons, lethal doses and ways to hide them in her husband's drinks. The husband also sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman over insufficient safeguards. OpenAI says safety is its top priority, has banned the user and shared information with law enforcement.

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OpenAI launches GPT-6 Cyber, a Critical-tier cybersecurity model

According to The Verge, OpenAI is launching GPT-6 Cyber, a cybersecurity model it says finds vulnerabilities more effectively while going out of bounds less than 1 percent of the time in testing, down from about 5 percent for GPT-5.6 Cyber. It scored 48.5 percent on the ExploitGym benchmark and is classified Critical under OpenAI's Preparedness Framework. Access is rolling out to Daybreak Red defensive-security customers.

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OpenAI Publishes Community Compact and Compute Campus Policy Blueprint

According to IT Home, Amid nationwide pushback over data-center power, water and noise, OpenAI published a National Community Compact and Compute Campus Policy Blueprint. The company says it will cover its own electricity costs and grid-expansion expenses, provide financial guarantees before major spending, disclose site power and water use, avoid broad NDAs with officials, and hold community consultations. OpenAI's Chris Lehane said a southern Ohio site is expected to create 2,500 long-term jobs.

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OpenAI security model finds 948 Linux kernel privilege-escalation exploits

According to IT Home, OpenAI reported that an unreleased cybersecurity model, run through an automated discovery, validation, exploitation and patching pipeline, surfaced 2,308 candidate Linux kernel issues and reproduced 1,724 of them. It produced 948 distinct local privilege-escalation exploits, up from 166 in a July test with GPT-5.6 Sol, at about $1.21M in API cost. OpenAI says 61 flaws were already fixed upstream.

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OpenAI rolls out Images 2.6 with native GIF creation in ChatGPT

According to The Verge, OpenAI is rolling out its Images 2.6 model to all ChatGPT and Codex users on web, desktop and mobile, adding native GIF creation from prompts or uploaded photos, per The Verge. Users can adjust animation speed, edit individual frames and share results. OpenAI also launched GPT-Image-2.6 Flare and Sunburst in its API and says users now generate over 4 billion images weekly.

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Latest models & families

As listed on 2026-10-23

Selected current official listings; specialized models and access stages are identified separately.

OpenAI models and uses
Model / familyPositioning & use
GPT-6 Astra ↗FlagshipThe flagship option for complex reasoning and coding in the current model guide.
GPT-6.1 Sol ↗BalancedPositioned as a balance between intelligence and cost.
GPT-6 Luna ↗High-volumePositioned for focused, cost-sensitive, high-volume workloads.

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Checked 2026-10-23 · Original introductions based on vendor documentation, not hands-on reviews.

Availability and product terms can change. Current means checked on the date above, not a live feed or a claim to list every model.