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  "title": "OpenAI weighs funding round at $1.2tn valuation before IPO",
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        "title": "Sources: OpenAI has held early conversations with investors about raising another private funding round at a $1.2T valuation before its planned IPO (Financial Times)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/sources-openai-has-held-early-conversations-with-investors-about",
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        "title": "OpenAI mulls funding round at $1.2 trillion valuation ahead of IPO, FT reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/openai-mulls-funding-round-at-1-2-trillion-valuation-ahead-of-ipo-ft",
        "published": "2026-09-15T22:40:34.000Z"
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        "title": "OpenAI mulls funding round at $1.2 trillion valuation ahead of IPO, FT reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/openai-mulls-funding-round-at-1-2-trillion-valuation-ahead-of-ipo-ft-7650083",
        "published": "2026-09-15T22:42:36.000Z"
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