Overview
OpenAI is a San Francisco based AI research and product company that has become one of the largest committed buyers and co-developers of datacenter capacity in the world. Founded in December 2015 by Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Elon Musk, Ilya Sutskever and others, it operates as OpenAI Group PBC (a public benefit corporation) after a 2025 restructuring, with Microsoft holding roughly a 27 percent stake and continuing as its principal cloud partner. In June 2026 the company filed for an IPO with the SEC.
On the infrastructure side, OpenAI is a 40 percent co-owner of Stargate LLC, the joint venture announced with SoftBank, Oracle and Abu Dhabi's MGX in January 2025 to build AI training and inference campuses. Stargate targets 10 GW of capacity, with initial site build-out concentrated in Abilene, Texas and five additional US sites announced in September 2025 (Shackelford County TX, Milam County TX, Doña Ana County NM, Lordstown OH, plus one undisclosed Midwest site). International Stargate sites are under exploration in the UK, Norway, Japan, the UAE and Argentina (up to 500 MW in Patagonia).
The Stargate arrangement is unusual in that the capacity is contracted exclusively to OpenAI as tenant: OpenAI is simultaneously a co-owner of the operating vehicle and its sole workload. Silicon commitments span Nvidia (initial partner), AMD (up to 6 GW of Instinct GPUs) and Broadcom (10 GW of custom accelerators). This makes OpenAI, alongside Microsoft, one of the two anchor demand-side counterparties reshaping US grid siting decisions in 2025 and 2026.
Reality check
Cerebras partnership (company-claimed)
A $10B deal for Cerebras to supply OpenAI 750 MW of compute through 2028.
Altman on Cerebras (company-claimed)
On Oct 2 2026 Altman called Cerebras a close partner. He did not say Cerebras will serve Ultrafast; no new terms disclosed.
Nexus chip financing (company-claimed)
Broadcom sought over $50B to fund OpenAI custom chips (several GW), with Apollo and Blackstone in talks. Early talks.
Revenue run rate (company-claimed)
OpenAI told investors annualized revenue is near $50B, about $20B below a ~$70B figure reported days earlier.
Run-rate gap (company-claimed)
The higher figure came from investors trying to match Anthropic, which counts cloud-partner sales. Unaudited.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundOct 2024 round post-money
Key facts
Co-founders
io acquisition (May 2025)
Revenue (2025)
Valuationsee valuations ranking →
Corporate structure
Microsoft stake
Home device (reported, unconfirmed)
Hardware roadmap (reported, unconfirmed)
Device scale (reported, unconfirmed)
Micro keypad
Apple lawsuit (Jul 2026)
Stargate LLC
Stargate capacity (target)
US site expansion (Sep 2025)
International sites
Stargate tenancy
Silicon partners
Cloud partners
Ultrafast on Nvidia (reported, unconfirmed)
Nexus chip program (reported, Oct 2026)
Compute leadership change (reported, Oct 2026)
Google TPU purchase plan (reported, Oct 2026)
Funding target cut (reported, Oct 2026)
Data & sources
News coverage
10
Web sources
25
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company OpenAI has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
Most recent
- OpenAI x Google Cloud (Model Garden)2026-10-21with Googlejust announced
- OpenAI x Neptune.ai (acquisition)2025-12-03with Neptune.aioperating
- with Vantage Data Centers (OpenAI / Oracle)just announced
- with Oraclejust announced
- with Oracleoperating
OpenAI on the deployment map
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Relationships
Claims ledger
Public, dated claims by OpenAI, each tracked against the evidence. Status is a DEPLOY assessment from primary sources: verified means an independent source confirms it; contradicted means one refutes it; open means the outcome is not yet determinable. Every entry keeps its verbatim quote and source so you can check the call yourself.
- OpenCapacity · claimed 2026-07-24
“OpenAI launched Micro, its first hardware product — a $230 AI keypad built with Work Louder featuring 6 agent keys + 6 command keys for ChatGPT/Codex, voice dictation, Bluetooth/USB connectivity.”
- OpenCapability · claimed 2026-07-14
“Per Bloomberg, citing sources: the device has mechanical elements that move and is designed to be portable.”
Anticipation claim — render-marked unverified, never alert.
- OpenCapability · claimed 2026-07-14
“Per Bloomberg, citing sources: the device would have access to a user's digital life, drawing off things like emails. Designed for proactive learning.”
Anticipation claim — render-marked unverified, never alert.
- OpenCapability · claimed 2026-07-14
“Per Bloomberg, citing sources: the device is designed to act as a "humanlike AI companion" within the home.”
Anticipation claim — render-marked unverified, never alert.
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- OpenCapability · claimed 2026-07-14
“Per Bloomberg, citing sources: OpenAI's first consumer device will be screen-free, designed as a humanlike AI companion that lives in the home.”
Anticipation claim — render-marked unverified, never alert.
- OpenTimeline · claimed 2026-07-14
“Per Bloomberg: the device is still currently under development. OpenAI has confirmed nothing about the device publicly. The device is expected by late 2026.”
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- OpenTimeline · claimed 2026-07-14
“OpenAI officially confirmed plans to unveil AI-native hardware in the second half of 2026.”
Anticipation claim — render-marked unverified, never alert.
- OpenCapability · claimed 2026-07-14
“Per Bloomberg: the project is led by Jony Ive with 400+ ex-Apple engineers after OpenAI acquired Ive's AI hardware startup io in a $6.5B deal.”
Anticipation claim — render-marked unverified, never alert.
Disagree with a status? OpenAI can submit a correction with evidence and we log the response on the record. Methodology and the full industry ledger live at /stats/claim-integrity.
Current leadership (6)
- Sam Altman CEO & Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and co-founderSEC-verified
- Jony Ive Chief Design Lead (via io acquisition)SEC-verified
- Greg Brockman President and co-founderreported, not verified
- Sarah Friar Chief Financial Officerreported, not verified
- Sachin Katti Advisorsince 2026-11-15secondary-verified
- Uday Ruddarraju CTO of Compute / head of compute organizationsince 2025-07-01secondary-verified
Founders (10)
- John Schulmancofounderfounded 2015-12-11no longer at company
- Ilya Sutskevercofounderfounded 2015-12-11no longer at company
- Wojciech Zarembacofounderfounded 2015-12-11
- Andrej Karpathycofounderfounded 2015-12-11no longer at company
- Durk Kingmacofounderfounded 2015-12-11no longer at company
- Trevor Blackwellcofounderfounded 2015-12-11no longer at company
- Vicki Cheungcofounderfounded 2015-12-11no longer at company
- Pamela Vagatacofounderfounded 2015-12-11no longer at company
- Greg Brockmancofounderfounded 2015-12-11
- Sam Altmancofounder
previously at OpenAI Robotics
Former / Previously (1)
- Sachin Katti Infrastructure and compute lead2025 to 2026secondary-verified
Media (1)
Company-anchored media. Official assets the company has published at the company level, distinct from model-anchored media that lives on individual product pages.
Safety record
No incidents on record for OpenAI.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
OpenAI on the data-center map
Every verified data center OpenAI operates that has a mapped coordinate (10 total). Filled circles are Tier-2 facilities and Tier-1 campuses under this operator; click any pin to open its record.
OpenAI data centers (10)
- Microsoft Fairwater Atlanta / QTS Fayetteville CampusFayetteville · partially energized
- PORTS-Pike Technology CampusPiketon · announced
- Stargate AbileneAbilene · partially energized
- Stargate Doña Ana County / Project JupiterSanta Teresa · under construction
- Stargate LordstownLordstown · announced
- Stargate Milam CountyRockdale · under construction
- Stargate UAEAbu Dhabi · under construction
- Vantage Data Centers — FrontierAlbany (Shackelford County) · under construction
- Stargate Abu Dhabi Data CenterAbu Dhabi, UAE · announced
- Project Camellia (OpenAI Stargate Effingham)Effingham · 3200 MW
AI data centers OpenAI operates or is a party to, from the DEPLOY data center registry.
Brains developed (1)
- GPT-6 Astrafoundation-model
Recent coverage
OpenAI in third-party press
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
Mentioned on (72+)
Registry pages whose text names OpenAI.
Companies (29)
Periodic Labs, Sur Energy, Lancium, Merge Labs, CoreWeave, Nscale, Microsoft, Oracle, Cerebras Systems, Broadcom, Crusoe, Weights & Biases, SB Energy / SoftBank (Stargate), Neptune.ai, 1X Technologies, MIT CSAIL Locomotion Group, Vantage Data Centers (OpenAI / Oracle), Midcentury, XGIMI MemoMind, Ghost Autonomy, Coatue, G42, Thinking Machines Lab, Schibsted, and 5 more
Robots and products (7)
Embodied Moxie, Moxie, 3D Tissue Braiding Platform, Merge BCI Platform, Spectacles 5, Brilliant Labs Frame, Vuzix Z100
AI systems (3)
Deployments (1)
People (32)
Fidji Simo, Jony Ive, Chris Rogers, Peter Chen, Boyuan Chen, Paulina Prachnio, Piotr Niedzwiedz, Jakub Czakon, Piotr Lusakowski, Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei, Vinod Khosla, Brad Lightcap, Shivon Zilis, Bernt Bornich, Kevin Weil, Uday Ruddarraju, Jack Clark, Tom Brown, John Schulman, Pamela Vagata, Vicki Cheung, Trevor Blackwell, and 8 more
About 2 more pages name OpenAI and were not checked here.
Financial state
- Total funding
- $122.0B
- Employees
- 4,500as of 2026-01-01(Wikipedia company page, 2026 figure)
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
7 total · 4 operating · 3 just announced
Every company OpenAI has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- OpenAI x Google Cloud (Model Garden)2026-10-21with Googlejust announced
- OpenAI x Neptune.ai (acquisition)2025-12-03with Neptune.aioperating
- with Vantage Data Centers (OpenAI / Oracle)just announced
- with Oraclejust announced
- with Oracleoperating
All 7 partnerships
open in the atlas →- development—operating
- joint venture2025-01-21operating
- investment2024-10-02operating
- distribution2026-10-21announcedjust announced
- investment2025-12-03announcedoperating
- deployment2025-10-22announcedjust announced
Funding rounds (2)
OpenAI’s 2 disclosed rounds, $46.6B in total, oldest to newest.
- Mar 2025 round2025-03-31
$40.0B
Investors: SoftBank (lead)
- Oct 2024 round2024-10-02
$6.6B · $157.0B post
Investors: Thrive Capital (lead), Microsoft (strategic), Nvidia, SoftBank, Khosla Ventures, Altimeter Capital, MGX, Fidelity Investments
Patent litigations (1)
- apple-v-openai-trade-secrets-2026district_courtpending · pendingas respondent
Timeline
Every recorded move in OpenAI’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Figure AI
2026-08-23Supply: AI models for Figure 02 to Figure AI
PartnershipOpenAI x Neptune.ai (acquisition)
2025-12-03OpenAI entered a definitive agreement to acquire Neptune.ai, an MLOps experiment tracking and model monitoring startup. Neptune's tools will be integrated into OpenAI's model training stack. Neptune will wind down external services following the acquisition.
PartnershipSoftBank Group x OpenAI investment
2024-10-02SoftBank Group committed up to 40B USD investment in OpenAI across multiple closings, with 10B completed in April 2025 and a second installment of 22.5B in October 2025. As of end of 2025, SoftBank's cumulative investment reached approximately 34.6B USD for an 11% stake, making it OpenAI's third-largest shareholder.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJul 23, 2026
OpenAI logo
- Record createdJul 18, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (35)
- https://techcrunch.com
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_LLC
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI
- https://openai.com/index/announcing-the-stargate-project/
- https://x.com/SemiAnalysis_/status/2105055045959995719 · 2026-09-29
- https://x.com/sama/status/2106147184693620924 · 2026-10-02
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/05/cerebras-cbrs-sam-altman-close-partner.html · 2026-10-05
- https://www.wsj.com/tech/oracle-broadcom-and-spacex-seek-blockbuster-debt-deals-to-pay-for-ai-chips-848e8032 · 2026-10-07
- https://squawknews.com/news/442062-broadcom-explores-50b-financing-for-openai-custom-ai-chips · 2026-10-07
- https://en.oninvest.com/article/broadcom-seeks-more-than-50-billion-in-funding-for-openai-s-ai-chips-wsj · 2026-10-08
- https://www.ft.com/content/b66a9858-f8fb-46cb-b506-44bfe26fca2a · 2026-10-08
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/08/openais-revenue-is-reportedly-20-billion-less-than-previously-projected/ · 2026-10-08
- https://openai.com/index/introducing-openai/ · 2015-12-11
- https://openai.com/index/introducing-openai/ · 2015-12-11
- https://openai.com/index/introducing-openai/ · 2015-12-11
- https://openai.com/index/introducing-openai/ · 2015-12-11
- https://openai.com/index/introducing-openai/ · 2015-12-11
- https://openai.com/index/introducing-openai/ · 2015-12-11
- https://openai.com/index/introducing-openai/ · 2015-12-11
- https://openai.com/index/introducing-openai/ · 2015-12-11
- https://openai.com/index/introducing-openai/ · 2015-12-11
- https://openai.com/index/introducing-openai/ · 2015-12-11
- https://openai.com/index/scale-the-benefits-of-ai/ · 2024-10-02
- https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/02/openai-raises-at-157-billion-valuation-microsoft-nvidia-join-round.html · 2024-10-02
- https://openai.com/index/march-funding-updates/ · 2025-03-31
- https://group.softbank/en/news/press/20250401 · 2025-04-01
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/14/openais-sachin-katti-to-leave-infrastructure-role-stay-on-as-advisor.html · 2026-10-14
- https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/openai-again-shakes-up-compute-leadership-with-xai-exec-uday-ruddarraju-to-lead-and-sachin-katti-to-leave/ · 2026-10-14
- https://openai.com/index/openai-models-google-cloud · 2026-10-21
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/google-cloud-brings-openai-models-to-customers · 2026-10-21
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/21/openai-bring-its-ai-models-to-googles-cloud-expands-beyond-microsoft.html · 2026-10-21
- https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/openai-plans-to-buy-googles-ai-chips-the-information-reports-4977342 · 2026-10-27
- https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-longtime-nvidia-customer-plans-buy-googles-ai-chips · 2026-10-27
- https://www.ft.com/content/bb564eb1-79d4-4694-aa24-1155202a9abc · 2026-10-30
- https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/openai-cuts-funding-target-10-billion-ft-reports-6508816 · 2026-10-30
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Methodology: Verified · 35 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-31
Verification posture
Verified
Medium confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-31
Sources by quality tier
- 23
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 7
- secondary-established-publication
- Established publication
- 3
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 2
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for OpenAI.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning OpenAI from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Warp Sciences emerges from stealth, to apply robotics to drug research
Warp Sciences has co-founders from OpenAI, Meta, and more, plus funding to build infrastructure for automated drug discovery in the U.S. The post Warp Sciences emerges from…
Woman, 31, dies after ChatGPT convinced her it was a good idea to change medication dosage
The parents of Bowen Wan are suing the ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, in a wrongful death complaint.
Paxton sues OpenAI, Altman for failing to warn Texans about ChatGPT’s ‘dangers’
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman on Friday, accusing the company of failing to warn consumers about the potential dangers from its AI…
OpenAI trims valuation target to $1.25T as investors wait for Anthropic’s IPO
OpenAI is asking investors to pay less than it first suggested. The ChatGPT maker is nearing a round…
OpenAI nears $30 billion funding round at $1.25 trillion valuation ahead of IPO
OpenAI is closing in on a funding round of up to $30 billion at a staggering $1.25 trillion valuation, as the ChatGPT maker prepares for a potential stock market debut in 2027.…
Former OpenAI science lead launches Warp Science to automate wet labs with robots
Wearing cameras and sensor gloves, the startup’s human chemists will train robots to perform various lab tasks.
Ex-OpenAI Science Head Kevin Weil Launches Startup With $215 Million
Kevin Weil, the former OpenAI executive who led the ChatGPT maker’s AI-for-science efforts, is launching a new startup aimed at using artificial intelligence to speed up a key…
Tech News Today, October 20, 2026: Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Microsoft, Nvidia, OpenAI, Salesforce & More
Daily Global Technology Digest | Tuesday, October 20, 2026 It’s Tuesday, October 20, 2026, and the global AI race is entering a new phase of competition, security risks, and…
Daytona raises $60M at $1B valuation to provide AI agent infrastructure to OpenAI, Anthropic, and others
AI infrastructure startup Daytona has raised $60 million in Series B funding at a $1 billion valuation, joining the growing ranks of AI unicorns as demand surges for the computing…
OpenAI Announces Humanoid Robot Debut For 2027
OpenAI, the renowned creator of ChatGPT, is officially expanding its technological footprint into physical hardware. During an appearance on Fortune magazine’s Sources podcast…
OpenAI seeks $1.4 trillion valuation in $30 billion funding push ahead of Anthropic IPO
OpenAI is racing to raise roughly $30 billion at a valuation exceeding $1.4 trillion before rival Anthropic makes its expected stock market debut in November. The ChatGPT maker is…
OpenAI is building a humanoid robot, but the body isn't the real challenge
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wants a humanoid that can operate in a world designed for people, though the CEO says a robot 'brain' is a much bigger challenge.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/openai.md
- RSS feed: /companies/openai/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/bd3c5b86-a4cf-4655-842d-e32895c87e6b
- Revision history: /companies/openai/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
Video
We’ve trained a pair of neural networks to solve the Rubik’s Cube with a human-like robot hand. Learn more: https://openai.com/blog/solving-rubiks-cube
A full solve of the Rubik’s Cube. This video plays at real-time and was not edited in any way. Learn more: https://openai.com/blog/solving-rubiks-cube/
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Incredible AI-based robots will be in households soon.
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Japanese startup Atom opens its new Physical AI Foundry in Tokyo, a facility designed to mass-produce real-world training data using five-fingered, dual-arm hum
OpenAI is no longer just building software — the company is now developing a real AGI-powered robot designed to work seamlessly with ChatGPT, and this breakthro
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Caitlin Kalinowski, the hardware and robotic engineering team leader at OpenAI, said Saturday she is leaving the company, writing in a social media post her cho
We can create a future where robots enhance our lives, not replace us. To achieve this, we must prioritize ethical AI development and responsible robotics.The f
Heat Index
Serious56/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
OpenAI draws attention at the 99th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Broad public reach with 1.2M video views. Well-capitalized with $46.6B raised.
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Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 2, 2026