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    I write about philanthropy, nonprofit accountability, food policy and the financial technology changing how money reaches causes.

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    OpenAI Raises $11 Billion So Far at a $1.25 Trillion Valuation, Short of Its $30 Billion Goal
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    OpenAI Raises $11 Billion So Far at a $1.25 Trillion Valuation, Short of Its $30 Billion Goal

    Bloomberg reported Nov. 6 that OpenAI has $11 billion of a round expected to total about $20 billion. The OpenAI Foundation's 26% stake was valued at about $130 billion when OpenAI was worth $500 billion.

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    About Aaron Rafferty

    Aaron J. Rafferty is a behavioral scientist turned technology entrepreneur who builds companies where technology meets social impact. He is the Founding Director of WYDE and writes for WYDE Newsroom on philanthropy, nonprofit accountability, food policy and the financial technology changing how money reaches causes.

    As an NIH-funded behavioral scientist, he published one of the earliest peer-reviewed studies on AI-powered health interventions in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, then left his PhD program to start building.

    Through Standard, his parent company, he has assembled a portfolio spanning AI-powered data products, programmable impact infrastructure and media. He is a co-founder of The Tech Buzz, an independent technology media platform, and was named to Causeartist's 50 to Watch for 2026.

    • Founding Director, WYDE
    • Co-Founder, Standard
    • Co-Founder, The Tech Buzz
    • Former NIH-funded behavioral science researcher
    • Causeartist 50 to Watch 2026
    • Perplexity AI Fellow

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    Covers: Philanthropy, Nonprofit accountability, Food policy, Financial infrastructure and crypto, AI

    Disclosure: Aaron Rafferty is the Founding Director of WYDE, which publishes WYDE Newsroom, and is involved in the EAT project. Coverage of WYDE and EAT is labeled as ecosystem news.