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OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that develops advanced AI models, including ChatGPT.

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ARR

$70B

as of Sep 2026

Employees

~6,000

as of Jun 2026

Valuation

$1.25T (reported)

18× ARR

ARR / employee

$12M

revenue efficiency

Deals

OpenAI Growth round (reported, not closed)Oct 22

Coatue (lead) · Frontier AI models

$30B

val. $1.25T

OpenAI details →Growth round (final tranche)Oct 1

SoftBank (lead), Nvidia (lead) · Frontier AI lab

$20B

val. $852B

OpenAITender offerAug 10

Investors not disclosed · Foundation models

$7B

val. $852B

OpenAI details →GrowthFeb 27

SoftBank (lead), Nvidia (lead), Amazon (lead), MGX, Appaloosa Management, D.E. Shaw, Microsoft, T. Rowe Price, Andreessen Horowitz, TPG · Foundation models

$122B

val. $852B

io details →AcquisitionMay 21

OpenAI (acquirer) · AI hardware

$6.5B

News, deals & research

NewsFloot in ChatGPT: Build and publish real apps without leaving ChatGPTOct 29 NewsOracle Embeds ChatGPT and Codex in Its Business Apps and Expands Cloud Chip OptionsOct 28 NewsOpenAI reportedly plans Google TPU purchases as it diversifies beyond Nvidia GPUsOct 28 DealCent raises $15M Series A led by Blume Ventures and South Park CommonsOct 27 NewsAxiom Math Releases Complete Lean Proof of the Classification of Finite Simple GroupsOct 27 NewsFamily of Epilepsy Patient Files Wrongful Death Suit Against OpenAI and Sam AltmanOct 27 NewsMalicious AGENTS.md File Steers Codex Into Installing Malware in Over 90% of TestsOct 26 NewsGPT-6.1 TerraOct 26 NewsChatGPT Keeps Telling People 404 Media Can Solve Their Tech Support ProblemsOct 26 NewsOpenAI Says Its Models Produced Three New Results in Math, Computer Science and PhysicsOct 26 NewsOpenAI Lowers Funding Round Valuation to $1.25 Trillion Ahead of Possible IPOOct 25 NewsOpenAI and Anthropic cut their LLM prices by up to 80% within a few months. Why?Oct 25 NewsAgentGrid.io: Shared workspace for humans and agentsOct 25 NewsHacker reverses Samsung TV, finds on-board AI listening OpenAI account suspendedOct 24 NewsSwedish government offices to ban ChatGPT and ClaudeOct 23

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