OpenAI
Based in San Francisco, United States, OpenAI is a Artificial Intelligence company established in 2015.
OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research and deployment company founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco. It builds general-purpose AI systems, and is best known for the GPT family of large language models, the ChatGPT assistant, the DALL-E image models, and the Sora video model, delivered through consumer apps and a developer API. Following a 2025 restructuring, OpenAI's commercial arm operates as OpenAI Group PBC, a public benefit corporation controlled by the nonprofit OpenAI Foundation, with Microsoft as a major shareholder. Backed by SoftBank, Microsoft, Amazon, and NVIDIA, OpenAI reached a reported valuation near 852 billion dollars in 2026, making it one of the most valuable private companies in the world. It employs 10,292 people, led by Sam Altman (Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder), across roughly 10,292 tracked profiles. Firmographics, leadership, tech stack and similar companies are detailed below, as of July 2026.
Firmographics
Employees (~10,292 tracked)
Distribution estimatedLeadership
- SA
Sam AltmanChief Executive Officer and Co-Founderdetails → - GB
Greg BrockmanPresidentdetails → - SF
Sarah FriarChief Financial Officerdetails → - JP
Jakub PachockiChief Scientistdetails → - JKJason KwonChief Strategy Officerdetails →
- DDDenise DresserChief Revenue Officerdetails →
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Similar companies
| Company | Revenue | Employees | HQ | Founded | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ~$4B | 2,000+ | United States | 2021 | Private | |
| N/A | 2,600+ | United Kingdom | 2010 | Subsidiary (Alphabet) | |
| ~$100M | 250+ | France | 2023 | Private | |
| ~$500M | 1,200+ | United States | 2023 | Private | |
| ~$100M | 400+ | Canada | 2019 | Private | |
| ~$164B | 75,000+ | United States | 2004 | Public |
Tech stack
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Financials
Recent signals
- Backed by SoftBank, Microsoft, Amazon, and NVIDIA, OpenAI was reported at a valuation of roughly 852 billion dollars in 2026, widely described as the most valuable private company in the world. · 2026
- OpenAI's revenue run-rate reached roughly 20 billion dollars annualized by the end of 2025 and about 25 billion dollars (around 2 billion dollars per month) by early 2026, up from over 13 billion dollars in reported 2025 revenue. · 2026
- Fidji Simo, who led OpenAI's Applications division as the company's number-two executive, stepped down from her full-time role in July 2026 to focus on her health and moved to a part-time advisory role; her responsibilities were split among President Greg Brockman, CFO Sarah Friar, and Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon. · July 2026
- Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap transitioned to a special-projects role in 2026, with Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser assuming most of his operating responsibilities. · 2026
- In its 2025 restructuring, OpenAI's for-profit arm became OpenAI Group PBC, a public benefit corporation controlled by the nonprofit OpenAI Foundation, which holds roughly 26 percent, while Microsoft holds about 27 percent. · 2025
OpenAI News & media
- Fidji Simo steps down from OpenAI's No. 2 role
OpenAI's Applications chief Fidji Simo is stepping down from her full-time role to recover from a chronic illness, moving to a part-time advisory position, with her duties divided among Greg Brockman, Sarah Friar, and Jason Kwon.
- Evolving OpenAI's structure
OpenAI outlined a restructuring in which its for-profit entity becomes a public benefit corporation, OpenAI Group PBC, controlled by the nonprofit OpenAI Foundation, which retains governance rights and a significant equity stake.
- Scaling Kubernetes to 7,500 nodes
OpenAI's supercomputing team described running large research workloads on Kubernetes clusters scaled to 7,500 nodes on Microsoft Azure, detailing the networking and scheduling changes required at that scale.