OpenAI
ai labCreating safe AGI that benefits all of humanity
OpenAI was founded in December 2015 as a nonprofit AI research company by Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, and others, with the stated goal of developing safe artificial general intelligence (AGI) for the benefit of humanity. In 2019, the organization restructured, creating OpenAI LP as a capped-profit subsidiary to attract the capital necessary for increasingly expensive AI research. The company has produced some of the most influential AI systems in the world. The GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) series—GPT-1 through GPT-4—has been foundational to the modern AI revolution. ChatGPT, launched in November 2022, became the fastest-growing consumer application in history, reaching 100 million users in just two months and fundamentally reshaping public perception of AI capabilities. Beyond language models, OpenAI has developed DALL-E for image generation, Whisper for speech recognition, Sora for video generation, and Codex for code generation. These products demonstrate the company's breadth across multiple AI modalities and its commitment to pushing the boundaries of what AI can achieve. OpenAI has formed a deep strategic partnership with Microsoft, which has invested billions of dollars and integrated OpenAI's models into its products, including Azure AI services and Microsoft Copilot. The company has also faced significant internal challenges and public scrutiny, including the dramatic board upheaval in November 2023, which saw Sam Altman briefly removed and then reinstated as CEO. In October 2024, OpenAI raised $6.6 billion at a $157 billion valuation in one of the largest funding rounds in history, led by Thrive Capital with participation from Microsoft, NVIDIA, SoftBank, and others.
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| Model | Context Window | Price (In / Out per M) |
|---|---|---|
| GPT-6.1 SolCurrent | 1.1M | $2.00 / $10.00 |
| GPT-6 SolCurrent | 1.1M | $2.00 / $10.00 |
| GPT-6 LunaCurrent | 1.1M | $0.10 / $0.50 |
| GPT-5.6 LunaCurrent | 1.1M | $0.20 / $1.20 |
| GPT-5.6 TerraCurrent | 1.1M | $2.00 / $12.00 |
| GPT-5.6 SolCurrent | 1.1M | $4.00 / $20.00 |
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Latest News about OpenAI
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New York's AI Safety Law Opens Registration: OpenAI and Anthropic Must Sign Up by January
New York opened its RAISE Act registration portal on Tuesday, requiring large frontier AI developers — including OpenAI and Anthropic — to register by January 1, 2027. Companies with over $500 million in annual revenue must publish safety frameworks, report critical incidents within 72 hours, and issue transparency reports. Fines reach $3 million for repeat violations.
Anthropic's Fable 5.2 Completes 41% of Real Freelance Jobs, Up From 2.5% a Year Ago
Anthropic's Fable 5.2 scored 41.3% on the Remote Labor Index, completing nearly half of 240 real Upwork projects at professional quality. That's a 16x leap from the 2.5% top score a year ago and more than double the next-best system. The benchmark, run by Scale Labs and CAIS, uses human experts to grade deliverables — and nearly 50 of Fable 5.2's successes were tasks no AI had ever solved before.
OpenAI Acquires Odessia, an AI Travel Agent, From Sonder's Founder
OpenAI acquired Odessia, an AI travel agent startup founded by Sonder co-founder Francis Davidson, the companies announced Monday. Built in five months by eight people using GPT-5.5 and Codex, Odessia had processed over $60 million in annualized travel bookings before being shut down as part of the deal. The acquisition signals OpenAI's ambition to move beyond simply referring users to Booking.com and Expedia.
OpenAI Q3 Revenue Hits $10 Billion as Enterprise Business Doubles
OpenAI's Q3 2026 revenue rose roughly 50% quarter-over-quarter to $10 billion, CFO Sarah Friar told investors. The enterprise business doubled, reaching a 50/50 revenue split with consumer, while operating losses widened to $10.9 billion. Anthropic's Q3 revenue came in at $17 billion with nearly identical growth rates, marking the first time the two AI labs are growing at the same pace.
Anthropic IPO Targets $1.4 Trillion Valuation, $64 Billion Raise
Anthropic set a $70 to $78 share price range for its IPO, valuing the Claude maker at roughly $1.4 trillion on a fully diluted basis. The offering could raise up to $64 billion, with Amazon and Google holding the biggest paper gains. Trading is expected to start November 19 under the ticker ANT.
OpenAI Ad Chief: Trust Means Some Things Are Off-Limits
OpenAI's head of monetization says user trust is the North Star of its ads business, which means some things advertisers want are off the table. The constraint comes as OpenAI chases ad revenue to offset steep losses.
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