OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company whose mission is to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. It was founded in 2015 and became widely known after launching ChatGPT in 2022, which helped make generative AI mainstream.

Today, OpenAI operates through a nonprofit foundation and a for-profit group, with the foundation governing the group as a public benefit corporation. Its product lineup includes ChatGPT, GPT models, DALL·E, Whisper, and Sora, and it has become one of the most influential companies in the AI industry.

OpenAI is also known for its fast growth, major fundraising rounds, and close partnership with Microsoft. At the same time, it continues to face scrutiny over safety, governance, and the challenge of balancing commercial scale with its original mission.