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OpenAI is an American artificial intelligence research organisation founded in December 2015 by Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, and other technology leaders. Originally established as a non-profit with a mission to develop artificial general intelligence that benefits humanity, the company has evolved into a hybrid structure combining non-profit oversight with a for-profit arm. OpenAI has become a dominant force in AI, best known for ChatGPT, which reached 100 million users within two months of its November 2022 launch and now serves over 800 million weekly active users.
The company has released groundbreaking products including the GPT family of large language models, with recent launches of GPT-5.2 and GPT-5.2-Codex demonstrating enhanced reasoning and coding capabilities. OpenAI's suite extends to DALL-E for image generation, Sora for video creation, and various enterprise tools. ChatGPT offers subscription tiers including Plus at $20 monthly and Pro at $200 monthly, serving over 10 million paying subscribers. The organisation is valued at $500 billion and generates an annual revenue run rate exceeding $20 billion, with over 1 million businesses globally using its products.
OpenAI faces mounting scrutiny over balancing rapid commercialisation with safety commitments. In November 2023, Sam Altman was briefly ousted as chief executive by the board over concerns about transparency and AI safety, only to be reinstated days later following pressure from employees and Microsoft, its major partner and investor. Lawsuits have emerged alleging ChatGPT's conversational design contributed to suicides and mental health crises, prompting debates about AI systems' psychological impacts. Former board members have accused Altman of creating a toxic work environment and prioritising profits over safety protocols.
The company's evolution reflects tensions between its founding ideals and commercial realities. Originally pledging openness and transparency, OpenAI transitioned to a capped-profit model in 2019 to secure the massive computing resources required for AI development. Elon Musk departed in 2018 citing conflicts with Tesla, later filing lawsuits alleging OpenAI abandoned its humanitarian mission. The organisation now prepares for a potential public listing in late 2026 while managing regulatory investigations and competition from rivals like Anthropic and Google DeepMind.
OpenAI's research spans fundamental AI capabilities, with recent focus on agentic systems that can autonomously complete tasks, multimodal models processing text and images simultaneously, and reasoning models that deliberate before responding. The company has established partnerships with major corporations including Microsoft, which integrated ChatGPT into its Copilot service, and Disney for content generation with Sora. Enterprise adoption has accelerated, with tools now deployed across Fortune 500 companies for applications ranging from customer support to software development.
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