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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Nvidia in Talks to Invest $3 Billion in SB Energy as Part of OpenAI Data Center Deal

By Valida Pau, Ann Davis Vaughan and Phoebe Liu · Aug 15, 2026 12:12pm PDT
Nvidia is in talks to invest as much as $3 billion in SB Energy, the Softbank Group-backed developer of a massive planned Ohio data center project for OpenAI, according to people familiar with the discussions. The investment is being discussed as part of Nvidia’s negotiations with OpenAI and SB Energy over the chip giant providing around $100... Nvidia is in talks to invest as much as $3 billion in SB Energy, the Softbank Group-backed...
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Nvidia Close to Deal to Guarantee About $100 Billion in Credit for OpenAI

By Phoebe Liu, Valida Pau and Ann Davis Vaughan · Aug 14, 2026 5:01pm PDT
Nvidia is close to an agreement to provide around $100 billion in credit support for OpenAI to lease a proposed AI data center campus in Ohio that is among the largest projects of its kind, according to four people with knowledge of the talks. The support would help with financing for the first phase of the project buildout, which will last... Nvidia is close to an agreement to provide around $100 billion in credit support for OpenAI to...
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OpenAI’s Latest Hire Burnishes Its Cybersecurity Credentials

By Aaron Holmes and Laura Bratton · Aug 13, 2026 5:15pm PDT
It may be the dog days of summer, but the biggest AI labs are breaking up the monotony with a few executive changes. The latest is OpenAI Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser. The ChatGPT maker said Thursday she would leave the firm after just eight months on the job. In her place, OpenAI has hired Dali Rajic, formerly president and chief... It may be the dog days of summer, but the biggest AI labs are breaking up the monotony with a few...
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OpenAI Gains Against Anthropic Among OpenRouter Customers

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Aug 18, 2026 7:01am PDT
OpenAI has found a new place to fight Anthropic for developer wallets: OpenRouter, a service AI app developers use to access models from different providers from one application programming interface. (In case you’ve been under a rock, Stripe is about to buy OpenRouter for a pretty penny.)A big chunk of OpenRouter’s business recently boiled down... OpenAI has found a new place to fight Anthropic for developer wallets: OpenRouter, a service AI...
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Will Anthropic and OpenAI Stop Selling Their Best AI to Businesses?

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Aug 17, 2026 7:01am PDT
Anthropic and OpenAI’s move to develop AI applications and features tailored to specific industries continues to worry their customers, some of which must now compete head-on with their main AI suppliers. Design app Canva is the latest to find itself in this predicament, as we reported earlier this month.Through it all, though, most people... Anthropic and OpenAI’s move to develop AI applications and features tailored to specific...