When was OpenAI founded?

OpenAI was founded in 2015 and raised its 1st funding round within a year of its incorporation.

Where is OpenAI located?

OpenAI is headquartered in San Francisco, United States. It is registered at 1455 3rd Street San Francisco, CA 94158.

Who is the current CEO of OpenAI?

Sam Altman of OpenAI. They have also founded 1 company.

How many employees does OpenAI have?

As of Aug 31, 2026, the latest employee count at OpenAI is 11056.

Is OpenAI a funded company?

OpenAI is a funded company, having raised a total of $180B across 14 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $130M Grant (prize money) round, raised on Dec 2015.

How much is OpenAI worth?

The latest valuation of OpenAI is $852B as of Apr 18, 2026.

When was the latest funding round of OpenAI?

OpenAI's latest funding was a $75M Series F round on Apr 22, 2026, with participation from 1 investor.

Is OpenAI a Generative AI company?

The primary sectors of OpenAI are Generative AI, AI Infrastructure and Artificial Intelligence.

Where does OpenAI rank among its competitors?

OpenAI ranks 1st amongst 174 active competitors, of which 44 are funded. It stands 1st in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Zhipu, which secured $5B in Sep, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of OpenAI?

OpenAI's top competitors include Anthropic, Mistral AI and Cohere. Among them, Zhipu secured the most recent funding round in September, 2026.

OpenAI - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Sectors and market segments that OpenAI operate in

OpenAI serves in the High Tech, Native AI market segments.The primary business model of OpenAI are:

Company Details

Artificial intelligence research and development platform offering advanced language models. It enables businesses and individuals to build and integrate AI capabilities into their applications and services. It is a technology company specializing in the development of artificial intelligence models, including the popular ChatGPT, which enables users to interact with AI-powered conversational interfaces. The company's research focuses on achieving artificial general intelligence, a system that can solve complex human-level problems, while prioritizing safety and benefits. It provides its AI models through an API platform, enabling developers to integrate AI capabilities into their applications.

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Key Metrics

Founded Year

2015

Location

San Francisco, United States

Stage

Series F

Total Funding

$180B in 14 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series F, Apr 22, 2026, $75M

Post Money Valuation

$852B as on Apr 18, 2026

Investors

Microsoft & 97 more

Ranked

1^st among 174 active competitors

Employee Count

11,056 as on Aug 31, 2026

Investment & Acquisitions

Raindrop & 56 more

Similar Companies

Anthropic & 864 more

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OpenAI is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
Openai Opco, Llc CIN: 831960637 , United States, Active	Sep 18, 2018	-	2063 (As on Dec 31, 2024)	-

OpenAI has raised a total funding of $180B over 14 rounds. Its first funding round was on Dec 2015. Its latest funding round was a Series F round on Apr 22, 2026 for $75M. 1 investor participated in its latest round. OpenAI has 93 institutional investors and 5 angel investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of OpenAI:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Apr 22, 2026	$75M	Series F	-	-	-	Robinhood
Mar 20, 2026	$40M	Series F	-	-	-	-
Feb 27, 2026	$122B	Series F	$840B	-	SoftBank Group	Amazon, Nvidia, Microsoft, Altimeter Capital, Appaloosa Management, ARK Investment Management, Sequoia Capital, Thrive Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, The D. E. Shaw Group, MGX, TPG, BlackRock, Blackstone, Coatue, D1 Capital Partners, Dragoneer Investment Group, Fidelity Investments, Goanna Capital, Insight Partners, Sands Capital, Sound Ventures, Temasek, UC Investments, Winslow Capital

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The founders of OpenAI are John Schulman, Greg Brockman, Trevor Blackwell, Wojciech Zaremba, Andrej Karpathy, Durk Kingma, Pamela Vagata, Ilya Sutskever, Vicki Cheung, Elon Musk and Sam Altman. Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI.

Here are the details of OpenAI's key team members:

John Schulman: Former Co-Founder of OpenAI and founder of 3 other companies, ChatGPT LOGO, Sora AI and ChatGPT. They are also an angel investor in 2 startups.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Greg Brockman: Co-Foudner & President & Chairman of OpenAI. They are also an angel investor in 20 startups.
Trevor Blackwell: Former Co-Founder of OpenAI and founder of 1 other company. They are also an angel investor in 5 startups.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Wojciech Zaremba: Co-Founder of OpenAI and founder of 3 other companies, ChatGPT LOGO, Sora AI and ChatGPT. They are also an angel investor in 2 startups.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Andrej Karpathy: Former Co-Founder of OpenAI. They are also an angel investor in 2 startups.

OpenAI's Board of Directors

OpenAI's board has 8 active members. Paul Nakasone, Adebayo Ogunlesi, Zico Kolter, Nicole Seligman, Sam Altman, Adam D'Angelo, Lawrence Summers and Sue Desmond-Hellmann are part of team.

Here is the list of OpenAI's board of directors:

Name	Type	Representing	Status	Duration
Paul Nakasone	Team	-	Current	-
Adebayo Ogunlesi	Team	-	Current	-
Zico Kolter	Team	-	Current	-
Nicole Seligman	Team	-	Current	-
Sam Altman	Team	-	Current	-
Adam D'Angelo	Team	-	Current	-
Lawrence Summers	Team	-	Current	-
Sue Desmond-Hellmann	Team	-	Current	-

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OpenAI's employee count trend

OpenAI has 11,056 employees as of Aug 26. Here is OpenAI's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of OpenAI include Anthropic, Mistral AI and Cohere. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of OpenAI, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	OpenAI 2015, San Francisco (United States), Series F	Artificial intelligence research and development platform offering advanced language models	$180B	Glynn Capital, K2 Global & 96 others	89/100
2nd	Anthropic 2021, San Francisco (United States), Series H	Provider of AI safety and research company	$132B	GIC, Amazon & 127 others	83/100
3rd	Mistral AI 2023, Paris (France), Series D	Provider of customizable, open-source artificial intelligence models and solutions for various applications	$6.54B	Lightspeed Venture Partners, EQT & 60 others	78/100
4th	Cohere 2019, Toronto (Canada), Series D	Developer of enterprise AI platform and multilingual language and retrieval models	$1.54B	Inovia Capital, Sapphire Ventures & 37 others	78/100
5th	Sakana 2023, Tokyo (Japan), Series B	Provider of AI research laboratory services	$379M	Khosla Ventures, Lux Capital & 31 others	71/100
6th	Krutrim 2023, Bengaluru (India), Series B	Provider of AI cloud infrastructure, foundational models, and applications	$74.9M	Z47, Sarin Family India & 2 others	68/100
7th	DeepSeek 2023, Hangzhou (China), Series A	Open source based AI assistant for enterprises	$4.4B	NetEase, JD.com & 3 others	68/100
8th	Zhipu 2021, Haidian (China), Public	AI powered code generation tool for developers	$1.4B	Prosperity7 Ventures, Alibaba Group & 12 others	67/100
9th	Aleph Alpha 2019, Heidelberg (Germany), Acquired	Provider of an AI-enabled text and image analytics platform	$533M	Gruppe, Sapphire Ventures & 23 others	66/100
10th	AI21 Labs 2017, Tel Aviv (Israel), Series D	Platform offering AI focused writing and reading assistants	$636M	Pitango, Walden Catalyst & 14 others	66/100

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OpenAI has made 30 investments in companies including Raindrop and American Journalism Project. OpenAI has also acquired 27 companies including Glass and NextSlide.

Here is the list of investments & acquisitions:

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Date of Investment/Acquisition	Type	Company Name	Founded Year	Location
Sep 22, 2026	Investments	Raindrop	2013	Petersburg (United States)
Sep 15, 2026	Acquisition	Glass	2019	Los Altos (United States)
Aug 08, 2026	Acquisition	NextSlide		San Francisco (United States)