Market | March 20, 2026

Eightco Lifts OpenAI Stake To $90 Million

Eightco said it bought another $40 million of OpenAI equity, deepening the link between Sam Altman's AI company, the World ecosystem, and a public crypto treasury vehicle.

Eightco Holdings said it bought another $40 million of OpenAI equity, lifting its total investment in the private company to $90 million. The Nasdaq-listed firm, which trades as ORBS, pitched the move as a way to give public shareholders exposure to one of the most important AI companies in the market.

Eightco is the largest public holder of WLD, the token tied to Sam Altman's World project. The company said last year that it launched a $250 million WLD treasury and now holds 10% of the token's total supply. So a public company with a large crypto treasury is using part of that structure to deepen its link to Altman's private AI empire.