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Reviewed 19 October 2026. Dates retain the precision of the source; retrospective disclosures are identified in the event. Annualized revenue levels are not audited annual sales. Financing commitments are not revenue.
Revenue, funding, product launches and major company events, newest first. Expand the earlier milestones for more history.
Reuters reports a September run rate near $50B. Earlier figures near $70B used a different sales presentation; the two should not be treated as directly comparable growth milestones.
Source: ReutersOpenAI extends the new model generation beyond paid customers and reports more than 1.2B weekly ChatGPT users. This is user reach, not paid subscribers.
Source: OpenAIEarlier revenue, financing and company milestones.
OpenAI closes a financing round with $122B in committed capital. Commitments and valuation are financing measures, not sales.
Source: OpenAIThe CFO retrospectively reports $2B ARR in 2023, $6B in 2024 and over $20B in 2025. These are year-specific annualized levels, not recognized annual revenue; this is the disclosure date.
Source: OpenAIThe SoftBank-led financing is announced alongside 500M weekly ChatGPT users. The figure is announced funding, rather than an ARR milestone.
Source: OpenAIThe credit agreement follows $6.6B in equity funding. Available borrowing capacity is distinct from equity proceeds and revenue.
Source: OpenAIGPT-4 expands the model platform beyond ChatGPT’s original research-preview generation, with API access initially offered through a waitlist.
Source: OpenAIThe conversational interface makes instruction-following language models available directly to the public.
Source: OpenAIDevelopers gain access to general-purpose language models through an API, establishing a business alongside research.
Source: OpenAIOpenAI announces LP alongside its nonprofit, adding a structure for financing large-scale research and commercial development.
Source: OpenAIThe organization begins as a nonprofit AI research company, preceding its later commercial API and subscription businesses.
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OpenAI, a leading organization in the field of AI, has recently adopted a bold and assertive new mantra to inverstors: "Join Us or Face the Void."
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On October 2, OpenAI announced an impressive $6.6 billion in funding, doubling its valuation to $157 billion in just nine months. This round was led by Thrive Capital with participation from Microsoft, NVIDIA, SoftBank, and others.
OpenAI imposed unusual conditions on investors, forbidding them from supporting competitors such as Anthropic, xAI, and even Safe Superintelligence (SSI), founded by OpenAI's co-founder Ilya Sutskever. This led to criticism from notable figures like Elon Musk.
On October 2, OpenAI announced an impressive $6.6 billion in funding, doubling its valuation to $157 billion in just nine months. This round was led by Thrive Capital with participation from Microsoft, NVIDIA, SoftBank, and others.
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This year's OpenAI DevDay seems quieter than usual, especially after several major management changes.
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This year's DevDay focused on incremental AI tool and API improvements for developers. OpenAI announced major updates focused on improving infrastructure and the developer ecosystem, rather than on end-users:
This year's DevDay focused on incremental AI tool and API improvements for developers. OpenAI announced major updates focused on improving infrastructure and the developer ecosystem, rather than on end-users:
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In a surprising turn of events, Apple has reportedly withdrawn from discussions to invest in OpenAI's latest funding round. This decision comes just before the talks were set to conclude, raising eyebrows given Apple's rare involvement in direct investments within Silicon Valley.
Despite withdrawing from the funding round, Apple maintains a partnership with OpenAI, integrating ChatGPT features into the upcoming iOS 18 update, emphasizing their collaboration in AI technology.
In a surprising turn of events, Apple has reportedly withdrawn from discussions to invest in OpenAI's latest funding round. This decision comes just before the talks were set to conclude, raising eyebrows given Apple's rare involvement in direct investments within Silicon Valley.
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