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Also known as: OpenAI Inc, OpenAI LP, OpenAI Global LLC

Founded Dec 2015 (10 years old)HQ: San Franciscoopenai.comWiki pageData

OpenAI is the AI research company that brought large language models into mainstream consciousness through ChatGPT. Founded in December 2015 as a non-profit with the mission to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity, OpenAI has undergone dramatic evolution - from non-profit to "capped-profit," from research lab to produc...

Revenue
$25 billion
as of Feb 2026
Valuation
$500 billion
as of Oct 2025
Headcount
4,500
as of Mar 2026
Total Funding Raised
$57.9 billion
as of Mar 2025
AI Models
14

Key Metrics

Valuation

$500BOct 2025
Valuation chart. Post-money valuation: $157B in 2024 to $500B in 2025.$0$144B$288B$431B$575B20242025Series (2023)Series (October 2024)Series (March 2025)Series (October 2024)Series (March 2025)

Revenue (ARR)

$25BFeb 2026
Revenue (ARR) chart. Annual run rate: $3.4B in 2024 to $25B in 2026.$0$7.2B$14B$22B$29B202420252026

Headcount

4.5KMar 2026
Headcount chart. Employees: 3.5K in 2025 to 4.5K in 2026.01.3K2.6K3.9K5.2K20252026

Funding Rounds

$60Btotal raised
Funding Rounds. Seed (Dec 2015): $1B raised; Strategic Investment (Microsoft) (Jul 2019): $1B raised; Series (2021) (Jan 2021): $1B raised; Series (2023) (2023): $300M raised; Strategic Investment (Microsoft, 2023) (Jan 2023): $10B raised; Series (October 2024) (Oct 2024): $6.6B raised; Series (March 2025) (Mar 2025): $40B raised. Total: $60B.$0$12B$23B$35B$46B201520192021202320242025SeedStrategic Investment (Microsoft)Series (2021)Series (2023)Strategic Investment (Microsoft, 2023)Series (October 2024)Series (March 2025)
Per round
Total

Coding Market Share

21%OpenAI

Enterprise Market Share

27%OpenAI

Facts

37
Financial
Headcount4,500
Revenue$25 billion
Revenue Guidance$30.0 billion
Coding Market Share21%
Annual Expenses$22.0 billion
Customer Concentration10%
Product Revenue$20 billion
Gross Margin33%
Market Share27%
Annual Cash Burn$8.5 billion
Enterprise Market Share27%
Equity Stake26%
Equity Value$135 billion
Valuation$500 billion
Retention Rate71%
Total Funding Raised$57.9 billion
General
Websitehttps://openai.com/
Products & Usage
Weekly Active Users900 million
Business Customers9 million
GPU Count1 million
Monthly API Calls260 billion
Benchmark Score71.7
Monthly Active Users200 million
Model Parameters175 billion
Organization
Legal StructurePublic Benefit Corporation
Founded DateDec 2015
CountryUnited States
HeadquartersSan Francisco
Safety & Research
Safety Staffing Ratio19%
Interpretability Team Size40
Safety Researchers650
AI Safety LevelHigh/Critical capability thresholds (Preparedness Framework v2)
Other
Infrastructure Investment Target600 billion
CeoSam Altman
Biographical
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI

Divisions

3
Team

Tracks, evaluates, forecasts, and protects against catastrophic risks from frontier AI models. Led by Aleksander Madry (after Leopoldas Aschenbrenner left).

Team

Responsible for content policy, monitoring, and safety tooling for deployed models

1 inactive division
Team

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.

Prediction Markets

50 active

Related Wiki Pages

Top Related Pages

Analysis

OpenAI Foundation Governance ParadoxAI Safety Multi-Actor Strategic Landscape

Policy

Voluntary AI Safety CommitmentsAI Whistleblower Protections

Other

Scalable OversightRLHFJan Leike

Historical

Anthropic-Pentagon Standoff (2026)Mainstream EraDeep Learning Revolution EraInternational AI Safety Summit Series

Risks

Deceptive AlignmentAI Development Racing Dynamics

Concepts

Governance-Focused WorldviewReasoning and PlanningLarge Language ModelsHeavy Scaffolding / Agentic Systems

Key Debates

Corporate Influence on AI PolicyAI Structural Risk CruxesWhy Alignment Might Be Hard