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OpenAI

Creator of ChatGPT and GPT-4. The company that kicked off the generative AI boom.

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Creator of ChatGPT and GPT-4. The company that kicked off the generative AI boom.

Estimated Company Size

501 - 1000 employees

Website

openai.com

Funding Rounds

Strategic Round$10.0B

2023

Investors:

Investors

Microsoft

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Founded Date

January 1, 2015

Description

OpenAI builds general-purpose AI systems. Their GPT models power ChatGPT and thousands of apps via API. DALL-E generates images. Sora creates video. They're the 800-lb gorilla of AI.

Developer Signals

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Hacker News Mentions(30 days)

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2,221

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GitHub Stars

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29,835
GitHub Forks

Forks indicate active developer engagement and contribution interest.

4,525

Products & Tools

DALL-E

DALL-E 2 is an AI by OpenAI that creates realistic images from text descriptions, blending concepts, attributes, and artistic styles_.

Codex

OpenAI's Codex translates natural language descriptions into code, making programming more accessible.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT by OpenAI is a free-to-use AI for chatting, inspiration, and learning.

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