What is OpenAI?
OpenAI is an AI and research company. (1)
Who owns OpenAI?
OpenAI was founded by Sam Altman, Reid Hoffman, Jessica Livingston, Elon Musk, Ilya Sutskever, Peter Thiel, and others. (2)
Elon Musk resigned from the board in 2018 but remained a donor. (2)
Microsoft provided OpenAI LP with $1 billion investment in 2019 and a second multi-year investment in January 2023, reported to be $10 billion. (2)
What does OpenAI own?
non-profit OpenAI Incorporated (OpenAI Inc.)
for-profit OpenAI Limited Parternership (OpenAI LP)
Where is the OpenAI headquarters located?
Pioneer Building in Mission District, San Francisco, California (2)
What has OpenAI created?
ChatGPT (1)
DALLE 2 (1)
Whisper (1)
Resources
1. https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-is-chatgpt-and-why-does-it-matter-heres-everything-you-need-to-know/
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI
