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    OpenAI

    OpenAI

    Late Stage · Wholesale investors only

    Valuation (Mar 2026)

    $852B

    Weekly users

    1B+

    Businesses

    2M+

    Founded

    2015

    Figures from OpenAI's own newsroom (31 Mar, 13 Aug and 31 Aug 2026) and its Our structure page. Valuations are historical events, not an offer price.

    Historical events, not an offer price

    Financing milestones

    1. 1Oct 2024

      Funding round, post-money valuation

      $157B

      $6.6B in new funding

    2. 2Mar 2025

      Funding round, post-money valuation

      $300B

      $40B in new funding, in partnership with SoftBank Group

    3. 3Mar 2026

      Funding round, post-money valuation

      $852B

      $122B in committed capital; anchored by Amazon, NVIDIA and SoftBank

    “Our products now reach more than one billion weekly active users and more than two million businesses…”

    OpenAI, 13 Aug 2026

    OpenAI products in orbit: ChatGPT, 1B+ weekly users; API; GPT-6 Astra. OpenAI's products reach 2M+ businesses.

    Figures: OpenAI newsroom, 13 and 31 Aug 2026.

    About OpenAI

    In its own words: “OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company.” Its stated mission is to “ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity”.

    Company Highlights

    • Funding round in Mar 2026 at an $852B post-money valuation — $122B in committed capital, anchored by Amazon, NVIDIA and SoftBank.
    • More than 1 billion weekly active users on ChatGPT.
    • OpenAI's products reach more than 2 million businesses, twice as many as a year ago.
    • Revenue run rate (ARR) of $20B+ in 2025, from $6B in 2024 and $2B in 2023; OpenAI's chart labels 2025 as 2025E.
    • Founded in 2015 as a nonprofit; the for-profit, OpenAI Group PBC, is controlled by the nonprofit OpenAI Foundation.

    Source: OpenAI newsroom (18 Jan, 31 Mar, 13 Aug and 31 Aug 2026 posts) and the Our structure page.

    From the OpenAI newsroom

    1. Shopee23 Sep 2026ChatGPT Ads expands to Southeast Asia and Taiwan
    2. Airbnb23 Sep 2026Airbnb widens access to GPT-6 Astra and OpenAI frontier models
    3. Grab23 Sep 2026Grab and OpenAI bring practical AI skills to Southeast Asia
    4. Harvey17 Sep 2026Introducing Astra for Law
    5. Morgan Stanley10 Sep 2026Introducing ChatGPT for Financial Services

    Headlines and dates as published on openai.com.

    Leadership Team

    Sam Altman

    CEO

    Greg Brockman

    President and Co-Founder

    Fidji Simo

    CEO of Applications

    Sarah Friar

    Chief Financial Officer

    Jakub Pachocki

    Chief Scientist

    Mark Chen

    Chief Research Officer

    Jason Kwon

    Chief Strategy Officer

    Dali Rajic

    Chief Revenue Officer (appointed 13 Aug 2026)

    Named investors

    Amazon

    2026 round, anchor

    a16z

    2026 round, co-lead

    D. E. Shaw Ventures

    2026 round, co-lead

    MGX

    2026 round, co-lead

    TPG

    2026 round, co-lead

    T. Rowe Price

    2026 round, co-lead (advised accounts)

    Appaloosa LP

    2026 round

    BlackRock

    2026 round, affiliated funds

    D1 Capital Partners

    2026 round

    Goanna Capital

    2026 round

    The Paragon Group

    2026 round

    Thrive Capital

    2026 round

    Winslow Capital

    2026 round

    Reid Hoffman's charitable foundation

    2019

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