OpenAI

OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research organization founded in 2015. It created AI chatbot ChatGPT. Competitors include other AI research organizations such as DeepMind and Google Brain. OpenAI was founded by Sam Altman, former president of startup accelerator Y Combinator, Greg Brockman, former chief technology officer and third employee of Stripe, and Ilya Sutskever, a former Google expert on machine learning. Microsoft has invested more than $11 billion in the company and is a nonvoting board observer. Current board members are Chair Bret Taylor, a former Salesforce co-CEO, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, and Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo.

Recent Articles about OpenAI

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Inside the Drama Behind a Biology Contest That Pits OpenAI Agents Against Humans

By Amy Dockser Marcus · Sep 25, 2026 10:00am PDT

For months, Jason Kelly, co-founder and CEO of Ginkgo Bioworks, has been planning what was billed as a fun, attention-grabbing science competition. His idea was to pit a top scientist against OpenAI’s latest models in designing a variety of proteins using a technique in which they are grown in test tubes faster than they would be in cells. Kelly... For months, Jason Kelly, co-founder and CEO of Ginkgo Bioworks, has been planning what was billed...

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Google, OpenAI and Anthropic AI Safety Group Takes Shape

By Leo Schwartz and Stephanie Palazzolo · Sep 24, 2026 6:00am PDT

Google, OpenAI and Anthropic are pushing forward with a plan to create a new AI safety-focused standards body on their own, without government oversight, in hopes of launching it by the end of the year or early in 2027, according to people familiar with the matter. The three companies tentatively plan to name the self-regulatory organization the... Google, OpenAI and Anthropic are pushing forward with a plan to create a new AI safety-focused...

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New Data Show Anthropic, OpenAI and Other Upstarts Are Eating into Software Budgets

By Laura Bratton · Sep 22, 2026 10:38am PDT

We’ve been reporting for months about how companies are shifting some traditional software spending to Anthropic and OpenAI. New data from procurement software firm Zip provides further evidence.AI providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Cursor, and Sierra accounted for 8% of spending by Zip customers in the 12 months that ended in August, up from... We’ve been reporting for months about how companies are shifting some traditional software...

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Software Firms Discount AI to Keep Customers From Anthropic, OpenAI

By Laura Bratton, Aaron Holmes and Catherine Perloff · Sep 22, 2026 6:01am PDT

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Software Firms Discount AI to Keep Customers From Anthropic, OpenAI

By Laura Bratton, Aaron Holmes and Catherine Perloff · Sep 22, 2026 6:01am PDT

Software firms and cloud providers including Amazon, Microsoft, Figma and Workday are dangling new discounts on AI products to clients and consulting partners exhausted by shifts in pricing. The special offers come as customers get choosier about which tools they purchase after they increased budgets for products like Anthropic’s Claude Code and... Software firms and cloud providers including Amazon, Microsoft, Figma and Workday are dangling...

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OpenAI Develops Features to Counter Grok Bot, Mulls Response to Meta’s Muse

By Amir Efrati and Stephanie Palazzolo · Sep 21, 2026 7:30am PDT

OpenAI pioneered AI that can take over web browsers and other applications on people’s behalf, and its ChatGPT app brought generative AI to consumers. Now that rivals like SpaceX and Meta are pushing the boundaries by launching personal AI agents that handle multistep tasks, OpenAI is playing catch-up.For instance, OpenAI is developing features... OpenAI pioneered AI that can take over web browsers and other applications on people’s behalf,...

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OpenAI and Anthropic Neared Deal to Stress Test Each Other’s AI

By Amir Efrati and Stephanie Palazzolo · Sep 21, 2026 6:55am PDT

OpenAI is rethinking a range of safety strategies as it responds to fears from employees and others about the dangers its AI poses. One solution could lie in the recent past. Even before the spate of cybersecurity incidents involving OpenAI’s technology and the dire warnings from industry workers, the company was negotiating a legally binding... OpenAI is rethinking a range of safety strategies as it responds to fears from employees and...

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OpenAI’s Next Round

By Laura Mandaro · Sep 17, 2026 5:53pm PDT

This week, we and others reported that OpenAI has been in early talks with investors about a new private round that could value it at $1.2 trillion or more. That follows CEO Sam Altman’s recent statement that an initial public offering wouldn’t happen this year, not that anyone was actually expecting that!There are plenty of unanswered questions... This week, we and others reported that OpenAI has been in early talks with investors about a new...

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OpenAI Is Close To Solving Another Millennium Prize Math Problem

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Sep 17, 2026 7:01am PDT

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OpenAI Is Close To Solving Another Millennium Prize Math Problem

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Sep 17, 2026 7:01am PDT

Remember when OpenAI landed in hot water earlier this month after mathematicians accused the company of trying to steal their thunder for solving an ultra-difficult math problem? (I know it feels like a million years ago given all the news cycles since then.)Well, it turns out OpenAI is close to solving another math problem from the Millennium... Remember when OpenAI landed in hot water earlier this month after mathematicians accused the...