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OpenAI
Maker of ChatGPT. AI research and deployment focused on AGI and generative models
About OpenAI
OpenAI is a cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) research and deployment company dedicated to developing safe and beneficial AI technologies. The company operates in the rapidly growing AI market, focusing on creating advanced AI models that can perform a wide range of tasks. OpenAI's mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI)—AI systems that are generally smarter than humans—benefits all of humanity.
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OpenAI serves a diverse clientele, including businesses, researchers, and developers who seek to leverage AI for applications such as automating tasks, enhancing creativity, improving decision-making, and generating content. The company is best known for its ChatGPT, a conversational AI widely used for writing, coding, tutoring, and other interactive tasks, as well as Sora, a tool that can generate videos from text descriptions. These products reflect OpenAI’s commitment to both innovation and practical applications of AI.
The company operates under a capped-profit business model, meaning it aims to generate revenue while limiting returns so that excess profits can be redistributed to maximize the social and economic benefits of AI technology. This structure ensures that safety, ethics, and long-term societal impact remain central to OpenAI’s operations.
OpenAI generates revenue through subscription services, licensing agreements, and strategic partnerships with other organizations. The company also collaborates with academic institutions and government bodies to address potential risks associated with advanced AI technologies.
In summary, OpenAI is a leader in AI, combining innovative products, rigorous research, and an ethical approach to ensure that its technologies are both powerful and beneficial to society.
At a glance
- Founded
- 2015
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Sector
- AI
- Power Law
- Centicorn$100B+ valuation tierThoroughbred$100M+ revenue
Research & analysis
News
Positron's Thomas Sohmers: AI inference's real bottleneck is memory, not compute
Sep 20, 2026
News
AI That Knows It's Being Tested — Noam Brown on Harder Alignment Evals
Sep 20, 2026
News
Bridgewater’s Greg Jensen: treat AI labs like systemically important banks if they own >5% of compute
Sep 18, 2026
Analysis
2026 has already beaten 2025 for $100M+ VC rounds
Sep 15, 2026
Analysis
OpenAI’s $122B round is bigger than the next three of 2026 combined
Sep 15, 2026
Analysis
CEE diaspora have built $441.9B of unicorns abroad
Sep 15, 2026
Latest news
Press, funding announcements and product moves mentioning OpenAI.
Financials
Revenue, earnings and other financial measures where available. Years marked “E” are estimates.
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Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Seed2 investors entered at this stage
Series B and later26 investors entered at this stage
Fidelity Investments
TPG
Microsoft- TCThe Walt Disney Company
- DGD.E. Shaw Group
ARK Invest
Amazon
Sequoia
Altimeter Capital
SV Angel
Thrive Capital
SoftBank
Tiger Global
Quiet Capital
Dragoneer Investment Group- T(The Rise Fund (TPG)
Nvidia
T. Rowe Price
Anti Fund- KGK2 Global
- MGMGX
D1 Capital Partners
Coatue Management
Andreessen Horowitz
Blackstone
Founders Fund
Ownership
Estimated cap table from Dealroom's shareholder data — share of equity by holder. Stakes as last recorded by Dealroom (Mar/2026). Percentages are indicative.
Some investors are hidden on this public profile. See the full cap table on Dealroom →
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
Alumni founders
Former OpenAI employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.
XAxAIEst. 2023
Yuhuai (Tony) WuUnited States
ANAnthropicEst. 2021
Jack ClarkUnited States
CRCrestaEst. 2017
Tim ShiUnited States
SISierraEst. 2023
Bret TaylorUnited States
PEPerplexityEst. 2022
Aravind SrinivasUnited StatesGlobal footprint
team presence
across markets
Patents
75 active patent families included in this estimate.
A patent family groups patent filings for the same invention. Source: Dealroom · PatSnap.
Investments and acquisitions
Disclosed deals where OpenAI was the backer or acquirer, 2022–2026. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.
71 deals across OpenAI's capital deployment.
Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.
OpenAI's portfolio, mapped.
Each chip is one company. Pill colour shows round type — green for Seed, blue for Series A, purple for B/C+, pink for late-stage, amber for M&A. Bigger sectors keep their full list behind “+ N more”.
Market sentiment
An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about OpenAI on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
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