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OpenAI

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🇺🇸USA
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Awaira Score

98

Valuation

$157B

Total Raised

$11.3B

Awaira Score

98

Founded

2015

What They Build

Last updated: March 2026

OpenAI is the worlds leading artificial intelligence research company, founded in 2015 by Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Wojciech Zaremba, and Elon Musk. The company develops AI systems that are safe, beneficial, and understandable. OpenAI created GPT-4, the most capable large language model available, which powers ChatGPT — the fastest growing consumer application in history with over 100 million users in 2 months. The company also built DALL-E for image generation, Sora for video generation, and Codex for code generation. OpenAI operates on a capped profit model with Microsoft as its primary investor and cloud partner, having received over $10 billion in investment. The company is headquartered in San Francisco and employs over 3,500 people. OpenAI API is used by over 2 million developers worldwide to build AI applications. The company is widely considered the most important AI company in the world and is leading the race toward artificial general intelligence (AGI).

Funding Info

StagePrivate
Employees3,500

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Sam Altman

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