OpenAI
OpenAI builds and deploys large language models and AI agents, sold to consumers via ChatGPT and to enterprises via API and agentic workflow products.
Reported financing.[1]
post-money valuation and the full investor list are not publicly disclosed.
Sam Altman, CEO[9][14]
Ilya Sutskever, Co-Founder (departed June 2024; now at Safe Superintelligence Inc)[9][14]
Mark Chen, Chief Research Officer (Jan 2025–present); SVP of Research (Sep 2024–present); Head of Frontiers Research (Oct 2018–present)[9][10]
Sarah Friar, CFO[9][10]
No recent signal with a usable source.
Anthropic · anthropic.com · similar, not yet paired · Same buyer (enterprise IT and individual consumers), same product category (frontier LLM-powered chat assistant and API), same budget line (AI assistant subscriptions and API access); Anthropic's Claude is named as a direct competitor to ChatGPT in both the...[11]
Google DeepMind · deepmind.google · similar, not yet paired · Same consumer and enterprise buyer, same workflow (general-purpose AI assistant and coding agent), same distribution surface (web app, mobile, API); ChatGPT is explicitly listed as a competitor in the Google DeepMind enrichment data, and news coverage frames...[12]
Perplexity · perplexity.ai · similar, not yet paired · Same consumer query workflow (ask a question, get an AI-generated answer), overlapping enterprise buyer (Perplexity Enterprise vs. ChatGPT Enterprise); ChatGPT is listed as a direct competitor in Perplexity's enrichment data, and both products compete for the...[13]
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May 2026 · openai.com
company
May 2026 · techcrunch.com
reported
May 2026 · theverge.com
reported
May 2026 · thenextweb.com
reported
May 2026 · the-decoder.com
reported
May 2026 · cnbc.com
reported
May 2026 · businesstimes.com.sg
reported
OpenAI
OpenAI builds and deploys large language models and AI agents, sold to consumers via ChatGPT and to enterprises via API and agentic workflow products.