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OpenAI
AI research and development platform
- 1001+ employees
- B2C
- B2B
- Artificial Intelligence
- Enterprise
- SaaS
- API
- DevOps
- Mission District, San Francisco, CA
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Company mission
To ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.
42% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
OpenAI aims to research and deploy AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) that is safe, controllable and beneficial to all of humanity. The company began its mission by developing an API that can solve language-based tasks, such as answering written questions or pulling up relevant documents based on a query.
Following the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, which gained more than 1 million users in its first 5 days and is already worth billions, OpenAI announced a paid version named ChatGPT Plus which will be launched in the US first.
It is worth noting that OpenAI is not without controversy. Its products have sparked conversations regarding the morals and implications of AI tools, and recent investigations have uncovered misalignments between the company's public commitments and its alleged operations behind closed doors.
Whilst AI applications can be found in a vast variety of tech startups, this generally consists of the automation of algorithmic tasks such as data analysis and organization. OpenAI’s approach to designing true human-like artificial intelligence is futuristic, but with support from its high-profile partners (such as Microsoft), an annualised revenue reported at $ 2 billion in 2023, and the clear success of its products have the company well set to continue bringing advanced AI to the public.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Flexible work hours and unlimited paid time off (we encourage 4+ weeks per year)
- Travel to domestic conferences
- Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
- 20-week paid parental leave
- AD&D insurance (complimentary)
- Regular team happy hours and outings
- Fertility treatment coverage
- 401(k) with generous matching
- Annual learning & development stipend
- Daily catered lunch and dinner
- Mental healthcare service
- Life insurance (complimentary)
- Flexible spending account for healthcare and dependent care
- Short-term/long-term disability insurance (complimentary)
- Optional buy-up life insurance
Company values
- Audacious - We make big bets and are unafraid to go against established norms
- Thoughtful - We thoroughly consider the consequences of our work and welcome heterogeneity of thought
- Unpretentious - We’re undeterred by the “boring work“ and not motivated to prove we have the best ideas
- Pragmatic and impact-driven - We’re a company of builders who care deeply about real-world implications and applications
- Collaborative - Many of our biggest advances grow out of work done across multiple teams
- Growth-oriented - We believe in the power of feedback and encourage a mindset of continuous learning and growth
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Oct 2024
$6.6bn
LATE VC
Apr 2023
$300m
LATE VC
Total funding: $18.9bn
This company has top investors
Leadership
Sam Altman
(CEO)Former Y Combinator President & Chairman.
Ilya Sutskever
(Chief Scientist)Initially served as the company's Research Director, then became Chief Scientist in 2018. Co-founded DNNResearch and previously worked at Google as a Research Scientist.
Greg Brockman
(President & Chairman)Previously served as CTO of the company. Founding Engineer and former CTO of Stripe.