OpenAI
Frontier AI lab building general-purpose AI systems including ChatGPT and GPT-5
AI
📍 San Francisco, CA
Founded 2015
Current Valuation
$500B
as of 2026-Q1
CENTURION
OpenAI is the AI lab behind ChatGPT, GPT-5, and the o-series reasoning models. Originally founded as a non-profit, it now operates a capped-profit subsidiary majority-funded by Microsoft and SoftBank. As of early 2026 it is the second-most valuable private company in the world.
Company Profile
Est. Revenue
$12B (2026-Q1)
Last Round
Secondary tender — $40B (Oct 2025) · Lead: SoftBank
Founders & Key People
Sam AltmanGreg BrockmanIlya SutskeverElon MuskWojciech Zaremba
Investors
Microsoft · SoftBank · Thrive Capital · Khosla Ventures · Sequoia · Andreessen Horowitz
Products
- ChatGPT (consumer)
- GPT-5 / o-series API
- Sora (video)
- DALL-E 4
- Operator (agents)
- ChatGPT Enterprise
Competitors
Anthropic · xAI · Google DeepMind · Mistral AI
AIFoundation ModelsDecacornTop 3 AI Lab
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2026-Q1. Refreshed quarterly.