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OpenAI

Company overview

What OpenAI does

OpenAI is a frontier AI research and deployment organization structured around a nonprofit mission and a for-profit public benefit corporation. The OpenAI Foundation governs OpenAI Group PBC, which operates as a public benefit corporation that is required to advance the company’s stated mission and consider broader stakeholder interests alongside commercial success. OpenAI’s flagship consumer offering is ChatGPT, while its primary developer platform is the OpenAI API and related developer tooling; OpenAI also sells enterprise products including business tiers for ChatGPT and an “Frontier” platform for deploying and managing AI coworkers/workflows.

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News

Company record

Sep 11, 2026 · Official · OpenAI NewsRapidly scaling online storage to serve over 1 billion ChatGPT users

OpenAI describes technical work focused on rapidly scaling online storage to support more than 1 billion ChatGPT users.

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Sep 10, 2026 · Official · OpenAI NewsHow a researcher uses Codex and ChatGPT to search for new antimicrobial molecules

OpenAI highlights an applied research workflow using Codex and ChatGPT for antimicrobial molecule discovery.

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Sep 10, 2026 · Official · OpenAI NewsNow everyone can put data to work

OpenAI introduces updates related to putting data to work (enterprise/product-facing announcement).

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Sep 10, 2026 · Official · OpenAI NewsIntroducing ChatGPT for Financial Services

OpenAI announces a financial-services-focused ChatGPT offering.

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Sep 10, 2026 · Official · OpenAI NewsBuild more natural voice experiences with GPT‑Live‑1 in the API

OpenAI announces availability of GPT‑Live‑1 voice capabilities within its API product surface.

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Sep 10, 2026 · Official · OpenAI NewsIntroducing the Agents API

OpenAI announces an Agents API as part of its developer platform updates.

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Sep 09, 2026 · Official · OpenAI NewsGPT-6 Astra: The next generation in intelligence for work

OpenAI introduces GPT-6 Astra, positioned as a next generation for work-oriented intelligence.

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Aug 28, 2026 · Official · OpenAIOur decision on Cursor following its acquisition by SpaceX

OpenAI states it intends to wind down its contract providing OpenAI models to Cursor, with a proposed shutoff date of November 12, 2026.

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Aug 13, 2026 · Official · OpenAIOpenAI appoints Dali Rajic as Chief Revenue Officer

OpenAI appoints Dali Rajic as Chief Revenue Officer and describes leadership transitions in the revenue organization.

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Jun 28, 2026 · Official · OpenAIHP Inc. launches Frontier strategic partnership with OpenAI

OpenAI reports HP scaling activation of an OpenAI Frontier strategic partnership after pilots.

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Feb 24, 2026 · Official · OpenAIOpenAI appoints Arvind KC as Chief People Officer

OpenAI appoints Arvind KC as Chief People Officer and describes his prior experience.

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Feb 23, 2026 · Official · OpenAIIntroducing Frontier Alliances

OpenAI announces Frontier Alliances with BCG, McKinsey, Accenture, and Capgemini to support enterprise deployment of Frontier.

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Capital

Funding

Latest disclosed valuation$730B

Tracked capital$399.6B11 sourced rounds

DateRoundRaisedValuationLead / investorsEvidence

Sep 13, 2026Funding round (new investment + valuation)$110B$730B

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+3 investors

Amazon NVIDIA SoftBank

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Feb 27, 2026Equity financing (new investment)$110B$730B

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+3 investors

Amazon NVIDIA SoftBank

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Mar 31, 2025Equity financing (new funding)$40B$300B

SoftBank Group

+4 investors

Altimeter Coatue Microsoft Thrive Capital

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Mar 31, 2025Credit facility (revolving; expanded)$4.7B—

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+11 investors

Citi Goldman Sachs HSBC JPMorgan Chase Mizuho Morgan Stanley Royal Bank of Canada Santander SMBC UBS Wells Fargo

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Oct 03, 2024Credit facility (revolving; undrawn at closing)$4B—

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+9 investors

Citi Goldman Sachs HSBC JPMorgan Chase Morgan Stanley Santander SMBC UBS Wells Fargo

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Oct 02, 2024Equity financing (new funding)$6.6B$157B

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Apr 28, 2023Tender/secondary share sale (employee/investor secondary)$300M$27B

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+5 investors

Andreessen Horowitz Founders Fund K2 Global Sequoia Capital Thrive

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Jan 23, 2023Multi-year, multi-billion dollar investment (Microsoft)——

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+1 investor

Microsoft

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Jul 22, 2019Strategic investment / partnership investment (Microsoft)$1B—

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+1 investor

Microsoft

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Dec 11, 2015Initial funding commitment (nonprofit donors)$1B—

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+8 investors

Amazon Web Services (AWS)Elon Musk Infosys Jessica Livingston Peter Thiel Reid Hoffman Sam Altman YC Research

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Products & focus

What it builds

ChatGPT

ChatGPT is OpenAI’s consumer conversational product; OpenAI reports it has more than 900 million weekly active users and more than 50 million subscribers (as stated in its funding-round announcement).

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ChatGPT Business

ChatGPT Business is presented by OpenAI as a business tier within its ChatGPT product lineup.

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ChatGPT Enterprise

ChatGPT Enterprise is presented by OpenAI as an enterprise tier within its ChatGPT product lineup.

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ChatGPT for Education

ChatGPT for Education is presented by OpenAI as an education-focused tier within its ChatGPT product lineup.

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API platform (OpenAI API)

OpenAI’s API platform provides developer access to models and tools; OpenAI lists API docs and platform login as part of its product surface.

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Codex

Codex is OpenAI’s coding-focused product/agent line; OpenAI describes it as expanding into a flagship coding agent in its funding-round announcement.

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Frontier (enterprise platform)

Frontier is OpenAI’s platform for building, deploying, and managing AI coworkers for enterprises; OpenAI describes it as the foundation for enterprise deployments in its funding-round announcement.

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People

Leadership

Sam AltmanCEO Greg BrockmanPresident and Co-Founder Bret TaylorChair (OpenAI Foundation board)Sarah FriarCFO Mira MuratiChief Technology Officer Dali RajicChief Revenue Officer Arvind KCChief People Officer Paul ChristianoBoard member (OpenAI Foundation)Zico KolterBoard member (OpenAI Foundation)

Operating signals

Key metrics

ChatGPT weekly active usersmore than 900M weekly active usersMar 31, 2026 ChatGPT subscribersover 50M consumer subscribersMar 31, 2026 Paying business usersmore than 9M paying business users rely on ChatGPT for workSep 13, 2026 Online store for ChatGPT scale (implied by engineering milestone)Over 1B ChatGPT users targeted by storage scaling workSep 11, 2026 Businesses using OpenAI productsmore than 2M businesses (reported in leadership appointment announcement)Aug 13, 2026

Company history

Milestones & partnerships

Sep 13, 2026

Announced $110B investment at $730B pre-money valuation

OpenAI announces $110B in new investment at a $730B pre-money valuation including $30B SoftBank, $30B NVIDIA, and $50B Amazon.

SoftBank · NVIDIA · Amazon

↗Aug 28, 2026

Contract wind-down decision involving Cursor after SpaceX acquisition (proposed shutoff date)

OpenAI states it intends to wind down its contract providing OpenAI models to Cursor, with a proposed shutoff date of November 12, 2026.

Cursor · SpaceX

↗Aug 13, 2026

Revenue leadership transition

OpenAI appoints Dali Rajic as Chief Revenue Officer and notes that Denise Dresser will leave after a transition period.

↗Jun 28, 2026

HP scales Frontier strategic partnership

OpenAI reports HP is scaling activation of an OpenAI Frontier strategic partnership after pilots.

HP Inc.

↗Jun 14, 2026

OpenAI Partner Network launches for enterprise AI solutions delivery

OpenAI announces the OpenAI Partner Network, including an announced $150 million investment to support partners building, selling, and delivering AI solutions with OpenAI.

↗Mar 31, 2026

Closed $122B funding round at $852B post-money valuation

OpenAI reports closing a $122B committed capital round at a $852B post-money valuation and describes a broad investor syndicate in the same announcement.

Amazon · NVIDIA · SoftBank · Microsoft

↗Feb 27, 2026

OpenAI and Microsoft joint statement reiterating partnership construct

OpenAI and Microsoft issued a joint statement stating that announcements do not change the terms of the Microsoft-OpenAI relationship previously shared in their October 2025 materials (as described by the joint statement).

Microsoft

↗Feb 23, 2026

Frontier Alliances with enterprise consulting/implementation partners

OpenAI announces Frontier Alliances with BCG, McKinsey, Accenture, and Capgemini to support enterprise strategy, system integration, workflow redesign, and deployment at scale.

BCG · McKinsey & Company · Accenture · Capgemini

↗Oct 28, 2025

Updated corporate structure announced (OpenAI Foundation + OpenAI Group PBC)

OpenAI describes an updated structure announced on October 28, 2025 in which the nonprofit is the OpenAI Foundation and the for-profit operates as a public benefit corporation called OpenAI Group PBC, governed/controlled by the Foundation.

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Microsoft extends partnership with multi-year, multi-billion dollar investment

OpenAI announced Microsoft is extending the partnership and increasing investment to continue independent research and development of AI systems.

Microsoft

↗Jul 22, 2019

Microsoft invests $1B and becomes exclusive cloud provider for OpenAI workloads (as described by OpenAI)

OpenAI and Microsoft announced a strategic investment and partnership focused on scaling research and deployment using Microsoft Azure.

Microsoft

↗Jan 01, 2015

Founded as a nonprofit AI research organization

OpenAI describes being founded in 2015 as a nonprofit with a mission to ensure AGI benefits all of humanity.

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