Company overview

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first — ahead of profit.To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership.At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
Founded in 2015
San Francisco, California, USA
9.9K employees (629 in marketing)
91% recommend to a friend
94% positive business outlook

Salaries

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People

Hiring activity

Open marketing jobs over time

155 open now

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount +149% year over year

Funding

Total funding

$189B

Last raise

$110B

Corporate Round, 17 days ago

Funding history

Feb 2026

Corporate Round OpenAI · $110B

Dec 2025

Corporate Round OpenAI · $1B

Oct 2025

Secondary Market OpenAI · $6.6B

Mar 2025

Venture Round OpenAI · $40B

Oct 2024

Debt Financing OpenAI · $4B

Oct 2024

Venture Round OpenAI · $6.6B

Audience

Monthly website visitors
266.3M
Month over month-28.8%
Quarter over quarter-51.3%
Top sourceSearch (52.5%)
Ad budget per month$2.0M
Average search rank44.2
Traffic source mix
Search
52.5%
Direct
37.3%
Referral
9.4%
Social
0.5%
Paid referral
0.3%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

10.4M

12-mo growth

+56.2%

Monthly growth

+3.9%

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