OpenAI
8/10Scale / late-stage, revenue-generating enterprise AI companyPrivately funded; notable strategic investments from Microsoft (multi‑billion dollar partnerships and investments). Exact total private funding not publicly disclosed.San Francisco, California, USA
Description
AI research and product company building large language models and commercial AI products (ChatGPT, GPT models, enterprise APIs).
Why in News
CEO Sam Altman told investors and the public that OpenAI has reached about $20 billion in ARR and has roughly $1.4 trillion in data center commitments, highlighting the company's scale and capital intensity.
Founders
Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Wojciech Zaremba, John Schulman (among the original founding team)
Published
January 20, 2026
Website
https://openai.comAnalysis
About OpenAI — a prominent AI company (often discussed as a startup/scaleup). Strongly AI-related though about an established firm rather than an early-stage startup.