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OpenAI
Maker of the GPT models and ChatGPT; its charter states the mission of ensuring AGI benefits all of humanity.
| Type | Frontier labs |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 |
| Founders | Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Wojciech Zaremba |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, US |
| Website | openai.com |
OpenAI hiring
OpenAI lists 811 open roles on its Ashby job board today, and 73 of them are research, model, training or inference roles. Top locations: San Francisco (549), Singapore (38), Tokyo, Japan (29), US - Remote (24), New York City (23).
- Research EngineerSan Francisco
- Researcher, Safety TrainingSan Francisco
- Training: ML Framework EngineerSan Francisco
- Research ScientistSan Francisco
- Researcher, TrainingSan Francisco
- Researcher, AlignmentSan Francisco
- Research Program Manager San Francisco
- Software Engineer, Model InferenceSan Francisco
- Research Engineer / Research Scientist- Personal AGI (Post Training)San Francisco
- Research Program Manager, Data AcquisitionSan Francisco
- Researcher, Safety OversightSan Francisco
- Research Scientist / Research Engineer - Foundations, SearchSan Francisco
Source: OpenAI careers (Ashby), read 2 Nov 2026. All research roles at tracked labs.
OpenAI funding filings
We found no Form D filed by OpenAI itself under this name. Many labs raise through foreign entities or file under a different legal name.
Investment vehicles named after OpenAI
32 special-purpose vehicles carrying the OpenAI name have filed a Form D, 12 of them in the last 12 months. SPVs pool money from smaller investors to buy into one company, often on the secondary market, so a rising count is a sign of investor demand.
- BP OpenAI LP3 Jun 2026
- OpenAI-01, a Series of OpenAI Opp Fund LLC15 May 2026
- D. Boral Master SPV LLC, Series VIII OpenAI II27 Apr 2026
- OurCrowd (Investment in G-new OpenAI) L.P.23 Apr 2026
- ELSA Capital OpenAI SPV I a Series of CGF2021 LLC14 Apr 2026
- VM OpenAI 1 a Series of PCXS LLC10 Apr 2026
- Kaleida Capital OpenAI SPV I a Series of CGF2021 LLC25 Mar 2026
- OpenAI-s a Series of GatePass Ventures I LLC24 Mar 2026
Source: SEC EDGAR full-text search for "OpenAI", Form D. Name matches can include unrelated filers; tell us if one is wrong.
OpenAI research
375 papers in OpenAlex list an author affiliated with OpenAI (United States) in the last 12 months. The most cited:
- Genome modelling and design across all domains of life with Evo 24 Mar 2026 · 169 citations
- How AI and Human Behaviors Shape Psychosocial Effects of Extended Chatbot Use: A Longitudinal Randomized Controlled Study27 Apr 2026 · 110 citations
- A benchmark of expert-level academic questions to assess AI capabilities28 Jan 2026 · 64 citations
- Evaluating large language models for accuracy incentivizes hallucinations22 Apr 2026 · 25 citations
- GPT as a Measurement Tool1 Feb 2026 · 15 citations
Source: OpenAlex (CC0), institution OpenAI (United States), read 2 Nov 2026.
OpenAI models
Latest releases
- openai/privacy-filter17 Apr 2026
- openai/circuit-sparsity11 Dec 2025
- openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b18 Sep 2025
- openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-120b18 Sep 2025
- openai/gpt-oss-20b4 Aug 2025
- openai/gpt-oss-120b4 Aug 2025
Most downloaded
- openai/clip-vit-base-patch3217,564,725 downloads (30 days)
- openai/clip-vit-large-patch146,006,155 downloads (30 days)
- openai/gpt-oss-20b5,939,725 downloads (30 days)
- openai/whisper-large-v3-turbo5,664,908 downloads (30 days)
- openai/whisper-small4,166,276 downloads (30 days)
Source: Hugging Face Hub, organisation openai, read 2 Nov 2026.
OpenAI: quick answers
Is OpenAI hiring?
Yes. OpenAI had 811 open roles on its job board on 2 Nov 2026, including 73 research and model roles.
Who founded OpenAI?
OpenAI was founded in 2015 by Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Wojciech Zaremba.
People at OpenAI
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