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.

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Anthropic Splits From Google, OpenAI Over State AI Safety Bill

By Leo Schwartz · Sep 3, 2026 6:00am PDT

Anthropic is at odds with other big tech firms over a Massachusetts Senate proposal requiring big AI developers to hire independent evaluators to assess catastrophic risks posed by their models every four months. The Massachusetts proposal could set a new standard for AI regulation, which state legislators across the country are pursuing... Anthropic is at odds with other big tech firms over a Massachusetts Senate proposal requiring big...

Art by Clark Miller.

New Reasoning Strategies Sweep Through OpenAI, Other Developers

By Stephanie Palazzolo, Rocket Drew and Amir Efrati · Sep 2, 2026 7:01am PDT

Before we get to today’s column, we’re just three weeks away from AI Agenda Live, our flagship conference on all things artificial intelligence (a.k.a. my personal Super Bowl). We’ll be joined in San Francisco by top researchers, founders, operators and investors who will be answering all of our burning questions about what’s coming up in... Before we get to today’s column, we’re just three weeks away from AI Agenda Live, our flagship...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Art: Shane Burke. Photo: Al Drago/Getty Images.

OpenAI Technique in ‘Astra’ Model Sparks Security Concerns

By Amir Efrati, Stephanie Palazzolo and Rocket Drew · Sep 1, 2026 5:40pm PDT · 2 comments

OpenAI says its forthcoming AI model Astra marks a step up in capabilities such as coding and operating applications on a computer. But an innovative technique that improved the model’s performance also means that the model, and others like it, will reveal less of their “thinking,” making them harder to monitor for signs of bad behavior,... OpenAI says its forthcoming AI model Astra marks a step up in capabilities such as coding and...

WNDR founders Jeffrey Katzenberg and Sujay Jaswa. Art by Clark Miller; Getty Images

At Katzenberg’s Bash, OpenAI, Meta Execs Rub Elbows With Hollywood

By Cory Weinberg · Sep 1, 2026 3:00pm PDT

WNDR founders Jeffrey Katzenberg and Sujay Jaswa. Art by Clark Miller; Getty Images

At Katzenberg’s Bash, OpenAI, Meta Execs Rub Elbows With Hollywood

By Cory Weinberg · Sep 1, 2026 3:00pm PDT

Jennifer Hudson, the music superstar, knows how to work a crowd. And what her audience on Saturday may have lacked in rhythm they made up for with wealth and power. In the well-tended Woodside, Calif., backyard of former Dropbox Chief Financial Officer Sujay Jaswa, Altimeter Capital’s Brad Gerstner bopped in the crowd’s front row to “I... Jennifer Hudson, the music superstar, knows how to work a crowd. And what her audience on...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Getty Images.

Why OpenAI’s Jalapeño Might Sicken Nvidia

By Martin Peers · Aug 25, 2026 5:00pm PDT

Exactly who at OpenAI decided to name the company’s first internally designed chip Jalapeño? That might have seemed like a good idea a few months ago—perhaps OpenAI imagined that name would serve as a subtle indicator that the chip is a hot property. But it’s not ideal right now, when the Food and Drug Administration is warning that products... Exactly who at OpenAI decided to name the company’s first internally designed chip Jalapeño? That...

ClickHouse CEO Aaron Katz.

ClickHouse’s Recurring Revenue Passes $350 Million as OpenAI, Agent Use Jumps

By Alix Coutures · Aug 25, 2026 6:04am PDT

Excitement for artificial intelligence agents is benefitting businesses whose software manages and monitors the databases that the AI bots use to accomplish their tasks. ClickHouse, which sells a kind of database that can quickly analyze large volumes of data, such as website visitor activity, recently generated more than $350 million in annual... Excitement for artificial intelligence agents is benefitting businesses whose software manages...