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Startup · United States

OpenAI

HQ San Francisco

Frontier AI model developer; its OpenAI Public Sector unit holds a CDAO prototype agreement for national security AI.

StartupFielded
Website

Funding8 rounds · $169.60B

Equity raised
$169.60B
Debt, secondaries & grants
$15.10B
Latest
$7.00BSecondary · Aug 10, 2026
Last valuation
$852.00B?Basis not stated · Secondary · Aug 10, 2026
Cumulative raised$169.60B
Jul 22, 2019Feb 27, 2026
Valuation over time$852.00B · Aug 10, 2026
Valuation over timeReported valuation rose from $157.00B (Oct 2, 2024) to $852.00B (Aug 10, 2026) across 5 valued rounds. 3 post-money, 2 without a stated pre/post basis.
Valuations by round
AnnouncedStageValuationBasis
Oct 2, 2024Series E+$157.00BPost-money
Mar 31, 2025Series E+$300.00BPost-money
Oct 2, 2025Secondary$500.00BBasis not stated
Feb 27, 2026Series E+$852.00BPost-money
Aug 10, 2026Secondary$852.00BBasis not stated

Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.

Systems5

ChatGPT Mil

OpenAI ChatGPT version for Department of War users on GenAI.mil, accredited at IL5.

Fielded
Unveiled
Aug 31, 2026

Dots

AI agents with cloud computers and connected-app tools, rolling out through ChatGPT.

Maturity not rated

GPT-6.1 Sol

An AI model offered through the OpenAI API.

Maturity not rated

GPT-6 Astra

An AI model offered through the OpenAI API.

Maturity not rated

GPT-6 Luna

An AI model offered through the OpenAI API.

Maturity not rated

Newest unveiled first. Open a system for its milestone timeline, components and sources.

Portfolio1 company · 1 lead

One row per round this investor joined. Round size is the whole round, not this investor's share.

  • Elon Musk

    Founder

  • Greg Brockman

    Founder

  • Ilya Sutskever

    Founder

  • Greg Brockman

    president

Sources17

Show all 17 sources and supporting evidence

Profile1

  1. 1

    U.S. Department of War · Jun 16, 2025 · Supports Organization

    “OpenAI Public Sector LLC, San Francisco, California, has been awarded a fixed amount, prototype, other transaction agreement (HQ0883-25-9-0012) with a value of $200,000,000.”

Systems3

  1. 2

    U.S. Department of War · Aug 31, 2026 · Supports System

    “The Department of War today launched OpenAI's ChatGPT Mil, marking it as the next frontier AI capability housed on GenAI.mil, the Department's premier generative AI platform.”
  2. 3

    OpenAI · Supports System

    “**GPT-6.1 Sol**”
  3. 4

    OpenAI · Supports System

    “**Dots are remarkably capable, always-on agents built to handle everything.**”

Funding11

  1. 5

    CNBC · Aug 10, 2026 · Supports Funding round · amount, Funding round · post money valuation usd

    “completed a secondary share sale totaling roughly $7 billion, allowing current and former employees to sell stock at the company's $852 billion valuation”
  2. 6

    OpenAI · Mar 31, 2026 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount, Funding round · post money valuation usd

    “SoftBank co-led the round alongside a16z, D. E. Shaw Ventures, MGX, TPG, and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.”
  3. 7

    OpenAI · Feb 27, 2026 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “$110B in new investment at a $730B pre-money valuation”
  4. 8

    CNBC · Oct 2, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount, Funding round · post money valuation usd

    “OpenAI has finalized a secondary share sale totaling $6.6 billion, allowing current and former employees to sell stock at a record $500 billion valuation”
  5. 9

    OpenAI · Mar 31, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount, Funding round · post money valuation usd

    “$40 billion at a $300 billion post-money valuation”
  6. 10

    CNBC · Nov 26, 2024 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “OpenAI is allowing employees to sell about $1.5 billion worth of shares in a new tender offer to SoftBank”
  7. 11

    OpenAI · Oct 2, 2024 · Supports Funding round · amount, Funding round · post money valuation usd

    “We’ve raised $6.6B in new funding at a $157B post-money valuation”
  8. 12

    Microsoft · Jan 23, 2023 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “a multiyear, multibillion dollar investment”
  9. 13

    Microsoft · Jul 22, 2019 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “an investment of $1 billion from Microsoft”
  10. 14

    CNBC · Supports Funding round

    “Led by Thrive Capital, the round also had participation from Microsoft and Nvidia”
  11. 15

    CNBC · Supports Funding round

    “is leading the round with $30 billion, and is joined by a syndicate of other backers, including core investor Microsoft as well as Coatue, Altimeter and Thrive”

People2

  1. 16

    chamath.substack.com · Supports Role

    “OpenAI was initially founded in 2015 by Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Ilya Sutskever and Greg Brockman as a non-profit organization with the stated goal to “advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole.””
  2. 17

    observer.com · Supports Role

    “Greg Brockman, president of OpenAI”

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