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OpenAI

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research organization that aims to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity. It conducts research in various AI domains and develops advanced AI models, including the well-known GPT series.

Business Information
Traction
Users

1,000,000+

ARR

$100M

Growth

200% YoY

Key Metric

Over 5 million API calls per day

Location

San Francisco , California , USA North America

Target Customers
enterprise developers research institutions
Industry Categories
AI, ML, Gen AI Deep Tech Software
Business Model
Revenue Model SaaS
Pricing Strategy Usage-based pricing
Sales Channels direct, partnerships
Funding Timeline
Round Date Amount Investors
Series F May 11, 2025 $40.0M SoftBank Vision Fund 2
Seed Apr 16, 2025 $28.0M Greenoaks
Series E Jan 01, 2025 $40.0M Unknown
Series A Jul 01, 2019 $10.0M Microsoft, hackvc
Founders

No founder information available.

Investors
G
Greenoaks

Venture Capital

M
Microsoft

Corporate

S
SoftBank Vision Fund 2

Venture Capital

h
hackvc

Venture Capital

Recent Mentions
TheSnippetTech
The Snippet @TheSnippetTech
Apr 24, 2025

US AI startups secure nineteen $100M+ funding rounds in early 2025 OpenAI leads with a record $40B round valuing it at $300B, followed by Anthropic's $3.5B Series E. https://t.co/jvcMGyUxbk

ColeRotman
Cole Rotman @ColeRotman
Apr 29, 2025

@rabois KV already listed as Affirm co-lead in 2014. Lmk if I’m wrong below — Both CB/PB report First Round as Series A lead of Upstart with participation from KV in Apr-13. PB reports a $10m Series A for OpenAI led by Microsoft with participation from KV in Jul-19.

gpvishwas20
vishwas @gpvishwas20
May 11, 2025

@StockSavvyShay OpenAI valued at 300 billion dollar by Softbank where they raised 40 billion dollars in series F round. Can they sustain this valuation if listed in the stock market?

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Apr 21, 2025
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Apr 20, 2025
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Exa Enrichment History
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Enrichment Details
Funding
OpenAI raises $40B at $300B post-money valuation
Enrichment History
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