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OpenAI

San Francisco, California

OpenAI is a developer of machine learning systems designed for general-purpose artificial intelligence applications. The company's systems provide large-scale language models, multimodal input handling, code generation, natural language understanding, API integration, plugin extensibility, and continuous model updates, enabling enterprises, developers, and researchers to build, test, and deploy intelligent systems that support automation, content generation, data analysis, and interactive problem-solving across various domains.

https://openai.com
Founded Year
2015
Est. Valuation
$847.37B
Total Raised
$173.92B
Last Raised
$110B
Stage
Series G

Company Profile

OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research and deployment company based in San Francisco, currently led by CEO Sam Altman. Founded in 2015 as a nonprofit, it transitioned in 2019 to a "capped-profit" model and is currently undergoing a restructuring into a public benefit corporation (PBC).

Latest Funding Rounds

27-Feb-2026 $120.00B Later Stage VC

11-Dec-2025 - Later Stage VC (Series E)

03-Oct-2025 $6.60B Secondary Transaction - Private

15-Apr-2025 $40.00B Later Stage VC (Series F)

25-Feb-2025 - Secondary Transaction - Private

08-Jan-2025 $8.40M Later Stage VC

24-Dec-2024 $6.50M Secondary Transaction - Private

03-Oct-2024 $1.60B Debt - General

02-Oct-2024 $4.00B Later Stage VC (Series B)

30-Sep-2024 $6.60B Secondary Transaction - Private

Key Management

Samuel Altman Co-Founder, Co-Chief Executive Officer & Board Member

Greg Brockman Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer, President & Chairman

Sarah Friar Chief Financial Officer

Brad Lightcap Chief Operating Officer

Jason Kwon JD Chief Strategy Officer

Vijaye Raji Chief Technology Officer of Applications

Srinivas Narayanan Chief Technology Officer of B2B Applications

Scott Schools Chief Compliance Officer

Dane Stuckey Chief Information Security Officer

Kate Rouch Chief Marketing Officer

Investors

Amazon.com, 369 Growth Partners, Archangel Fund, Drover Ventures, Eightco Holdings, Emerson Collective, Endurance Global Ventures, Llama Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Selective VC

Information provided is from the Pitchbook database as of 26/3/2026.

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