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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OpenAI Raises the Safety Bar on Anthropic; Anthropic Expands Its Revenue Lead

By Amir Efrati · Aug 19, 2026 7:01am PDT

In the Anthropic-OpenAI horse race, the now-much-smaller OpenAI has been looking to slow down its ascendant rival. That includes undercutting Anthropic’s model prices, as we covered yesterday, and playing nice with federal officials that have gone to war with Anthropic.Another potential avenue is safety. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday... In the Anthropic-OpenAI horse race, the now-much-smaller OpenAI has been looking to slow down its...

Art by Clark Miller.

OpenAI Gains Against Anthropic Among OpenRouter Customers

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Aug 18, 2026 7:01am PDT · 1 comment

OpenAI has found a new place to fight Anthropic for developer wallets: OpenRouter, a service AI app developers use to access models from different providers from one application programming interface. (In case you’ve been under a rock, Stripe is about to buy OpenRouter for a pretty penny.)A big chunk of OpenRouter’s business recently boiled down... OpenAI has found a new place to fight Anthropic for developer wallets: OpenRouter, a service AI...

Art by Mike Sullivan

Will Anthropic and OpenAI Stop Selling Their Best AI to Businesses?

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Aug 17, 2026 7:01am PDT

Anthropic and OpenAI’s move to develop AI applications and features tailored to specific industries continues to worry their customers, some of which must now compete head-on with their main AI suppliers. Design app Canva is the latest to find itself in this predicament, as we reported earlier this month.Through it all, though, most people... Anthropic and OpenAI’s move to develop AI applications and features tailored to specific...