OpenAI
[PRIVATE]HQ: San Francisco, CA · Est. 2015 · 3 models registered · 1 deployments
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies OpenAI: 3 models, $122.0B raised. 4 sources back the record.
Ownership
PRIVATE
Capital / Funding
$122B
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
IP / Patents
Undisclosed
Platform Models
3
Audited Incidents
0
Overview
OpenAI is a San Francisco based AI research and product company that has become one of the largest committed buyers and co-developers of datacenter capacity in the world. Founded in December 2015 by Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Elon Musk, Ilya Sutskever and others, it operates as OpenAI Group PBC (a public benefit corporation) after a 2025 restructuring, with Microsoft holding roughly a 27 percent stake and continuing as its principal cloud partner. In June 2026 the company filed for an IPO with the SEC. On the infrastructure side, OpenAI is a 40 percent co-owner of Stargate LLC, the joint venture announced with SoftBank, Oracle and Abu Dhabi's MGX in January 2025 to build AI training and inference campuses. Stargate targets 10 GW of capacity, with initial site build-out concentrated in Abilene, Texas and five additional US sites announced in September 2025 (Shackelford County TX, Milam County TX, Doña Ana County NM, Lordstown OH, plus one undisclosed Midwest site). International Stargate sites are under exploration in the UK, Norway, Japan, the UAE and Argentina (up to 500 MW in Patagonia). The Stargate arrangement is unusual in that the capacity is contracted exclusively to OpenAI as tenant: OpenAI is simultaneously a co-owner of the operating vehicle and its sole workload. Silicon commitments span Nvidia (initial partner), AMD (up to 6 GW of Instinct GPUs) and Broadcom (10 GW of custom accelerators). This makes OpenAI, alongside Microsoft, one of the two anchor demand-side counterparties reshaping US grid siting decisions in 2025 and 2026.
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Broad public reach with 1.2M video views. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Key Facts
Claims & Reality Assessment
Audited Corporate Claims Ledger
- [OPEN]CapacityClaimed: Jul 24, 2026
- [OPEN]CapabilityClaimed: Jul 14, 2026
“Anticipation claim — render-marked unverified, never alert.”
- [OPEN]CapabilityClaimed: Jul 14, 2026
“Anticipation claim — render-marked unverified, never alert.”
- [OPEN]CapabilityClaimed: Jul 14, 2026
“Anticipation claim — render-marked unverified, never alert.”
- [OPEN]
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Safety & Regulatory Posture
No incidents on record for OpenAI.
Leadership & Founders
Current Program Leadership & Executives
CEO & Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder
Chief Design Lead (via io acquisition)
President and co-founder
Chief Financial Officer
Founding Team
cofounder · OpenAI Robotics
Partnerships & Commercial Deployments
Key Recurring Partners
Recent Verified Partnerships
- OpenAI x Neptune.ai (acquisition)Dec 3, 2025
MOST RECENT · OpenAI x Neptune.ai (acquisition) · 2025-12-03 · with Neptune.ai · OPERATING · Vantage Data Centers x OpenAI x Oracle (Stargate Wisconsin) · 2025-10-22 · with Vantage Data Centers (OpenAI / Oracle) · JUST ANNOUNCED · Stargate UAE (G42 x OpenAI x Oracle x NVIDIA x Cisco x SoftBank) · 2025-05-22 · with Oracle · JUST ANNOUNCED · Stargate Joint Venture (OpenAI x Oracle x SoftBank x MGX) · 2025-01-21 · with Oracle · OPERATING · SoftBank Group x OpenAI investment · 2024-10-02 · with SoftBank Group · OPERATING
Deployments
FAQ
What is OpenAI?
OpenAI is a San Francisco based AI research and product company that has become one of the largest committed buyers and co-developers of datacenter capacity in the world. Founded in December 2015 by Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Elon Musk, Ilya Sutskever and others, it operates as OpenAI Group PBC (a public benefit corporation) after a 2025 restructuring, with Microsoft holding roughly a 27 percent stake and continuing as its principal cloud partner. In June 2026 the company filed for an IPO with the SEC.
What does OpenAI make?
OpenAI has 3 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: Stargate Abu Dhabi Data Center, Stargate Texas Data Center, OpenAI home device (unnamed) (OpenAI builds physical robots).
Is OpenAI publicly traded?
No. OpenAI is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.
Who competes with OpenAI?
On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to OpenAI building in the same form factors include Roborock, Unitree Robotics, DJI, DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics.
Who is the CEO of OpenAI?
Sam Altman is the ceo of OpenAI, per the DEPLOY registry.
How can I invest in OpenAI?
OpenAI is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today. It has raised $122.0B in disclosed funding.
Where is OpenAI headquartered?
OpenAI is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, USA.
How much funding has OpenAI raised?
OpenAI has raised approximately $122B in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.
Who owns OpenAI?
OpenAI is privately held and venture-backed ($122.0B raised); ownership sits with its founders and private investors.
Where does OpenAI operate robots?
OpenAI is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
Is OpenAI a top robotics company?
On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, OpenAI ranks in roughly the top 15% of companies tracked by the registry.
When was OpenAI founded?
OpenAI was founded in 2015.
Is OpenAI safe?
OpenAI has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.