OpenAI

7/10
Late-stage / large private AI company (scale-up beyond early startup stage).Privately funded; has received multibillion-dollar investments including major strategic funding from Microsoft and other investors/partners.San Francisco, California, USA

Description

Research and product company developing large-scale AI models and consumer-facing AI products (e.g., GPT series, ChatGPT, API services).

Why in News

Sam Altman publicly stated he does not want the government to bail out OpenAI if it fails, drawing attention amid political debate over earlier comments and the role of government support for large AI firms.

Founders

Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Wojciech Zaremba, John Schulman (co-founders; Sam Altman serves as CEO).

Published

January 20, 2026

Website

https://openai.com

Analysis

Discussion about OpenAI and policy/finance — clearly AI-related and involves an AI company, though not specifically about an early-stage startup.