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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How OpenAI Beat Math

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Oct 8, 2026 8:00am PDT

Mathematicians are likely feeling the kind of anxiety that software engineers have experienced for months in the wake of OpenAI release on Tuesday of a whopping 722 research papers with AI-created solutions to a range of problems across math subjects. AI’s success solving ultra-difficult math problems—even though it still makes mistakes... Mathematicians are likely feeling the kind of anxiety that software engineers have experienced...

Jacob Coxon at today’s New York City Council hearing on the threat of artificial intelligence. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images.

Why OpenAI's Regulatory Nightmare Is Only Getting Started

By Martin Peers · Oct 5, 2026 5:00pm PDT · 2 comments

Imagine working in the OpenAI department responsible for dealing with politicians and regulators right now—things must be so intense you could almost be working for Elon Musk. Every politician worth their salt, in countries around the world, is jumping into the AI safety fray. Case in point: On Monday, the New York City Council, that bastion of... Imagine working in the OpenAI department responsible for dealing with politicians and regulators...

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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....

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OpenAI ARR Snafu Highlights Flawed Metric

By Martin Peers · Oct 8, 2026 5:00pm PDT · 2 comments

Here’s a news flash: The quasi-revenue numbers for OpenAI that got wide circulation last week were off— way off. Instead of $70 billion in annualized revenue, as we and others reported, OpenAI is generating closer to $50 billion in annualized revenue (sometimes shortened to ARR). A Financial Times report of the lower number on Thursday... Here’s a news flash: The quasi-revenue numbers for OpenAI that got wide circulation last week...