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OpenAI

AI research and deployment company.

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OpenAI is an ai & machine learning company based in San Francisco, US, founded in 2015.

Overview

OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research and deployment company with a stated mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity [1]. The organization focuses on developing safe and beneficial AI systems, while also aiming to support others in achieving similar goals [1]. OpenAI’s product suite includes large language models like GPT-6 and GPT-6.1, which are deployed across various industry applications, ranging from retail and education to software development and data analytics [0, 2]. The company engages in significant partnerships with enterprise organizations to integrate its models into existing business workflows [2]. OpenAI operates through a research-driven model that emphasizes safety, transparency, and broad accessibility to AI tools [1, 2]. While the company is actively involved in academic and educational initiatives, such as the OpenAI Academy, it also continues to evolve its API offerings for commercial use [2]. OpenAI maintains an active recruiting pipeline for diverse roles across various technical and non-technical disciplines to support its development objectives [1].

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Questions and answers

What does OpenAI do?

AI research and deployment company.

When and where was OpenAI founded?

OpenAI was founded in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, US.

Sources

  1. 1.“We’re not going to shoot ourselves in the foot” over hack fallout, says OpenAI’s chief research officer — MIT Technology Review AI, Sep 30, 2026
  2. 2.Who’s liable when AI agents go rogue? — MIT Technology Review AI, Sep 28, 2026
  3. 3.The EU’s next chapter in AI is agentic — OpenAI News, Oct 14, 2026 · Official
  4. 4.Our approach to EU text provenance rules — OpenAI News, Oct 5, 2026 · Official
  5. 5.How we will do better for Australia — OpenAI News, Sep 28, 2026 · Official
  6. 6.OpenAI extends cyber access to Ukraine for civilian defense — OpenAI News, Sep 23, 2026 · Official
  7. 7.Priorities and principles for effective third party assessments — OpenAI News, Sep 22, 2026 · Official
  8. 8.Building standards for the next phase of AI — OpenAI News, Sep 21, 2026 · Official
  9. 9.Introducing the Australian Youth Safety Blueprint — OpenAI News, Sep 18, 2026 · Official
  10. 10.Our framework for reporting model misalignment — OpenAI News, Sep 16, 2026 · Official
  11. 11.Helping small businesses put AI to work — OpenAI News, Sep 30, 2026 · Official
  12. 12.The Lenfest Institute grows landmark program with expanded OpenAI support — OpenAI News, Sep 28, 2026 · Official
  13. 13.Are you a Codex Original? — OpenAI News, Sep 28, 2026 · Official
  14. 14.Expanding OpenAI Academy with new learning paths — OpenAI News, Sep 21, 2026 · Official
  15. 15.Sharing AI progress in mathematics — OpenAI News, Oct 6, 2026 · Official
  16. 16.Towards safety cases for frontier AI training — OpenAI News, Sep 28, 2026 · Official
  17. 17.How workers are unlocking new ways of working — OpenAI News, Sep 16, 2026 · Official
  18. 18.Teaching students to think and learn through questions — OpenAI News, Oct 15, 2026 · Official
  19. 19.The AI Hype Index: AI loves cheating — MIT Technology Review AI, Sep 23, 2026
  20. 20.Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype — MIT Technology Review AI, Sep 22, 2026
  21. 21.LegalOn halves Codex costs while maintaining development speed — OpenAI News, Oct 8, 2026 · Official
  22. 22.Disrupting AI-enabled “false front” operations — OpenAI News, Oct 8, 2026 · Official
  23. 23.Helping teens learn, plan, and shape the future of AI — OpenAI News, Oct 7, 2026 · Official
  24. 24.Radisson Hotel Group brings hotel discovery into ChatGPT — OpenAI News, Oct 7, 2026 · Official
  25. 25.How Jump Trading is scaling quant research with ChatGPT — OpenAI News, Oct 6, 2026 · Official
  26. 26.Advancing computer use with Ironclad — OpenAI News, Oct 6, 2026 · Official
  27. 27.Atlassian and OpenAI expand partnership to turn enterprise knowledge into action — OpenAI News, Oct 6, 2026 · Official
  28. 28.Building advertising for the way people use AI — OpenAI News, Oct 5, 2026 · Official
  29. 29.A model guide for the GPT-6 family — OpenAI News, Oct 2, 2026 · Official
  30. 30.Chatham scales its capital markets expertise with OpenAI — OpenAI News, Oct 2, 2026 · Official
  31. 31.The eternal complement — OpenAI News, Oct 1, 2026 · Official
  32. 32.How Albertsons Companies is reimagining retail from the inside out — OpenAI News, Oct 1, 2026 · Official
  33. 33.The Den frees up 10-15 hours a week to grow with ChatGPT Work — OpenAI News, Oct 1, 2026 · Official
  34. 34.Disrupting a coordinated model-distillation campaign — OpenAI News, Sep 30, 2026 · Official
  35. 35.DevDay 2026 Recap — OpenAI News, Sep 29, 2026 · Official
  36. 36.Sam Altman’s remarks at the United Nations Security Council — OpenAI News, Sep 23, 2026 · Official
  37. 37.Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence — OpenAI News, Sep 21, 2026 · Official
  38. 38.Helping older adults use AI in everyday life — OpenAI News, Sep 16, 2026 · Official
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  42. 42.Introducing MentalHealthBench — OpenAI News, Sep 23, 2026 · Official
  43. 43.ChatGPT Ads expands to Southeast Asia and Taiwan — OpenAI News, Sep 23, 2026 · Official

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