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The story
Founded by Andrej Karpathy, Diederik P. Kingma, Elon Musk, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, John Schulman, Pamela Vagata, Sam Altman, Trevor Blackwell, Vicki Cheung and Wojciech Zaremba on Dec 8, 2015, in San Francisco.1
Private company
OpenAI
Logo: OpenAI, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
American artificial intelligence company
OpenAI is an American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation (PBC) headquartered in San Francisco, California, led by CEO Sam Altman. It develops "frontier" generative AI models, particularly its generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) series of large language models.2 It was founded by Greg Brockman, John Schulman, Vicki Cheung and Pamela Vagata and others.1 It employed 4,500 people in 2026.1 Its revenue was $25 billion in 2026.1 Its products include DALL-E, ChatGPT, GPT-4 and GPT-5.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
Dec 8, 2015Founded1
- Industryartificial intelligence1
- HeadquartersSan Francisco1
- Founded inSan Francisco1
- Websiteopenai.com
- Legal form501(c)(3) organization, Delaware corporation1
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OpenAI is an American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation (PBC) headquartered in San Francisco, California, led by CEO Sam Altman. It develops "frontier" generative AI models, particularly its generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) series of large language models.2
Corporate structure
OpenAI sits at the top of its group. 5 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- OpenAI San Francisco
- The Deployment Company Subsidiary
- ChatGPT Enterprise Subsidiary · United States
- OpenAI OpCo Subsidiary · United States
- OpenAI Group PBC Stake · 26% · United States
- ChatGPT Owned
Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.
What it owns
What OpenAI reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.
Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)
- OpenAI Group PBC 26%
- ChatGPT
- The Deployment Company
Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1
Leadership
Who has led OpenAI, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.
Chief executive
20202025
- FounderAndrej Karpathy1
- FounderDiederik P. Kingma1
- FounderElon Musk1
- FounderGreg Brockman1
- FounderIlya Sutskever1
- FounderJohn Schulman1
- FounderPamela Vagata1
- FounderSam Altman1
- FounderTrevor Blackwell1
- FounderVicki Cheung1
- FounderWojciech Zaremba1
- Chief executive officerMira Murati Nov 17, 2023 to Nov 19, 20231
- Chief executive officerEmmett Shear Nov 19, 2023 to Nov 21, 20231
- Chief executive officerSam Altman Nov 22, 2023 to now1
- Chief executive officerSam Altman Mar 2019 to Nov 17, 20231
- Chief executive officerSam Altman 2018 to Nov 17, 20231
- ChairBret Taylor Nov 2023 to now1
- ChairGreg Brockman 2015 to Nov 17, 20231
Board members and other officers (20)
- Chief technology officerMira Murati May 2022 to Sep 20241
- Chief scientific officerIlya Sutskever Jan 2016 to May 14, 20241
- Chief technology officerGreg Brockman 2015 to Nov 17, 20231
- Vice President of ResearchDario Amodei until Dec 20201
- Board memberBret Taylor Nov 22, 2023 to now1
- Board memberLawrence Summers Nov 22, 2023 to now1
- Board memberHelen Toner 2021 to Nov 22, 20231
- Board memberTasha McCauley 2021 to Nov 22, 20231
- Board memberWill Hurd May 2021 to May 31, 20231
- Board memberSam Altman 2019 to now1
- Board memberAdam D'Angelo1
- Board memberAdebayo O. Ogunlesi1
- Board memberGreg Brockman until 20231
- Board memberIlya Sutskever until 20231
- Board memberNicole Seligman1
- Board memberPaul M. Nakasone1
- Board memberReid Hoffman until 20231
- Board memberShivon Zilis until Feb 25, 20231
- Board memberSusan Desmond-Hellmann1
- Board memberZico Kolter1
Products and brands
- ChatGPT
- DALL-E
- GPT-3
- GPT-4
- GPT-5
Listed on Wikidata.1
Subsidiaries and ownership
Subsidiaries
- ChatGPT Enterprise
- OpenAI Group PBC
- OpenAI OpCo
Also owns
- ChatGPT
- The Deployment Company
From Wikidata.1
Acquisitions
- 2025Acquired OpenAI Group PBC1
Employees over time
- 20264,5001
Revenue over time
As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.
Revenue
Former names
- OpenAI Inc.until 20251
Timeline
Links
- Websiteopenai.com1
- X (Twitter)x.com/OpenAI1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/openai1
- YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A1
- LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/company/openai1
- WikipediaOpenAI
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ21708200
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataOpenAI on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaOpenAI on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsOpenAI logo by OpenAI, Public domain
- 4Wikimedia CommonsOpenAI photo by HaeB, CC BY-SA 4.0