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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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on stage at OpenAI's DevDay 2026. Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images

Why OpenAI’s DevDay Looked Like Catch-Up

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Sep 30, 2026 7:00am PDT

While the rest of us were distracted by details within Anthropic’s IPO filing and OpenAI’s plans to raise $30 billion in a new round that could value it around $1.4 trillion, app developers on Tuesday flooded to San Francisco’s Fort Mason for OpenAI’s annual developer conference, where it made a flurry of new product and feature... While the rest of us were distracted by details within Anthropic’s IPO filing and OpenAI’s ...

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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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OpenAI Hires Top Trump AI Official to Work on National Security

By Leo Schwartz · Oct 2, 2026 12:00pm PDT

OpenAI is continuing to fill out its leadership bench with former Trump administration officials. Thomas Lind, who previously led AI policy at the Office of the National Cyber Director, joined OpenAI this week, an OpenAI spokesperson confirmed. ONCD is a key office within the White House that played a leading role in putting together a June... OpenAI is continuing to fill out its leadership bench with former Trump administration officials....