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OpenAI
OrganizationRevenue
$20 billion
as of 2025
Valuation
$500 billion
as of Oct 2025
Headcount
3,500
as of 2025
Total Funding Raised
$57.9 billion
as of Mar 2025
Founded Date
Dec 2015
Key People
6IS
Ilya SutskeverFounder
Co-Founder & Chief Scientist
2015 – May 2024
Co-founder. Served as Chief Scientist until May 2024 when he departed to start his own AI safety company (Safe Superintelligence Inc.).
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Greg BrockmanFounder
President
2015 – present
Co-founder and President. Former CTO of Stripe. Took extended leave in August 2024, returned in November 2024.
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Andrej KarpathyFounder
Co-Founder & Research Scientist
2015 – 2017
Co-founder. Left OpenAI in 2017 to join Tesla as Director of AI. Later returned briefly before departing again.
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Sam AltmanFounder
CEO
2019 – present
Co-founder and CEO. Former President of Y Combinator. Briefly removed by board in November 2023, reinstated 5 days later.
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CTO
2018 – Sep 2024
Served as CTO from 2018 to September 2024. Also served briefly as interim CEO during the November 2023 board crisis. Left to found Thinking Machines Lab in 2025.
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Elon MuskFounder
Co-Founder & Co-Chair
2015 – 2018
Co-founder and co-chair. Resigned from board in 2018 citing potential conflict of interest with Tesla. Later became a vocal critic of OpenAI.
All Facts
Financial
Gross Margin35%Dec 2025▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2025 | 35% | — | f_hJ5dQ8nT3w |
Headcount3,5002025▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,500 | — | f_o1tcwe2T0w |
Revenue$20 billion20252 pts▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $20 billion | — | f_w3pWgejwIA |
| Oct 2024 | $3.4 billion | — | f_yvm9QNFjdA |
Total Funding Raised$57.9 billionMar 20253 pts▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2025 | $57.9 billion | openai.com | f_Sb4nW9mT7a |
| Mar 2025 | $57.9 billion | reuters.com | f_m5b6R9pIby |
| Oct 2024 | $17.9 billion | openai.com | f_HfB3WmNDFQ |
Valuation$500 billionOct 20253 pts▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | $500 billion | — | f_YZ7zzKgBsA |
| Mar 2025 | $300 billion | openai.com | f_Qj7kR2pX9v |
| Dec 2024 | $157 billion | — | f_b56n3kcD2g |
Products & Usage
Benchmark Score83Sep 20242 pts▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2024 | 83 | — | f_W5pFmO2ocw |
| Sep 2024 | 71.7 | — | f_5MsUCUfbSw |
Model Parameters175 billionJun 2020▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2020 | 175 billion | arxiv.org | f_ZencK2XFDA |
User Count400 millionFeb 20252 pts▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2025 | 400 million | openai.com | f_br0wYi0tog |
| Feb 2023 | 100 million | — | f_5VcbvP89LA |
Organization
Founded DateDec 2015—▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Dec 2015 | openai.com | f_1Y4HfGVOvA |
HeadquartersSan Francisco, CA—▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | San Francisco, CA | openai.com | f_jyRF7MXyWw |
Legal StructurePublic Benefit Corporation (converting)20253 pts▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Public Benefit Corporation (converting) | openai.com | f_tz2t0YfIWg |
| Mar 2019 | Capped-profit LLC | openai.com | f_tuq7f39JMg |
| Dec 2015 | Nonprofit 501(c)(3) | openai.com | f_78GQ07iiCQ |
People
Founded ByJKsVHQ5stQ, eYrBgMLJDw, Yq4s2cI7ng, 69vftmr1jg, wojciech-zaremba, john-schulman—▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Sam Altman, Ilya Sutskever, Greg Brockman, Elon Musk, wojciech-zaremba, john-schulman | openai.com | f_A4ImW0y2sw |
General
Websitehttps://openai.com/—▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | https://openai.com/ | wikidata.org | EdV4qjV9fA |
Board Seats
2| Member | Role | Appointed | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JKsVHQ5stQ | Board Member | 2024-01 | openai.com | CEO and co-founder. Rejoined the board in January 2024 after the November 2023 board reconstruction. |
| Yq4s2cI7ng | Board Member | 2015 | openai.com | Co-founder. Was board chairman until removed during November 2023 crisis. Rejoined board after restructuring. |
Divisions
3| Name | DivisionType | Status | Source | Notes | StartDate | EndDate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safety Systems | team | active | openai.com | Responsible for content policy, monitoring, and safety tooling for deployed models | — | — |
| Superalignment | team | dissolved | openai.com | Led by Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike. Aimed to solve alignment for superintelligent AI within 4 years using 20% of compute. Dissolved May 2024 after leadership departures. | 2023-07 | 2024-05 |
| Preparedness | team | active | openai.com | Tracks, evaluates, forecasts, and protects against catastrophic risks from frontier AI models. Led by Aleksander Madry (after Leopoldas Aschenbrenner left). | 2023-10 | — |
▶Internal Metadata
| ID | 1LcLlMGLbw |
| Stable ID | 1LcLlMGLbw |
| Wiki ID | E218 |
| Type | organization |
| YAML Source | packages/factbase/data/things/1LcLlMGLbw.yaml |
| Facts | 24 structured (26 total) |
| Records | 11 in 3 collections |