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GrowthFoundation ModelsAI Applications

AI research company focused on ensuring artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. Creator of GPT series, DALL-E, and ChatGPT.

Total Raised

$17.3B

Valuation

$157.0B

Employees

1001-5000

Founded

2015

Company Info

HQ:
San Francisco, USA
Website:
openai.com
LinkedIn:
View Profile

Score Breakdown

team quality
95
market position
98
funding strength
100
growth trajectory
95
technical leadership
99

Funding History

DateRoundAmountValuation
Oct 2, 2024Series E+$6.6B$157.0B
Apr 28, 2023Series E+$10.0B$29.0B

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Epoch AI's estimate of GPT-4o energy cost was corroborated by Sam Altman and matches Google's Gemini data. Average query uses less energy than running a lightbulb for 5 minutes.

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ChatGPT maintains massive consumer adoption with 800-900M weekly active users. Only 9% of consumers pay for multiple AI subscriptions, indicating 'winner take most' market dynamics rather than fragmentation.

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NeoSignal model database pruned from 409 to 50 frontier models using smart de-duplication. Removed 161 duplicate versions and 198 lower-scoring models. Focus now on top-performing models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, and other leading providers.

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Writer Action Agent Leads GAIA Level 3 at 61%

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Writer Action Agent achieved 61% on GAIA Level 3 (hardest tier), surpassing Manus AI (57.7%) and OpenAI Deep Research (47.6%). GAIA tests multi-step reasoning, tool use, and web browsing - capabilities critical for general AI assistants.

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Human-AI Gap Persists: 92% vs 75% on Simple Tasks

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GAIA benchmark reveals a persistent capability gap between humans and AI on tasks trivially easy for humans. On Level 1 (simplest tasks), humans achieve 92% while best AI achieves 75%. The gap widens at higher difficulty levels, signaling fundamental limitations in AI reasoning and tool use.

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Pass@k and Pass^k Metrics Define New Agent Scoring Standard

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Agent evaluation metrics shifting from single-attempt success to probabilistic measures. Pass@k (success in any of k attempts) and pass^k (success in all k attempts) becoming standard for measuring both capability ceiling and reliability floor.

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ChatGPT App Hits 1.9B Downloads - Most Downloaded App of 2025

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The ChatGPT mobile app was downloaded 1.9 billion times between October 2024 and September 2025, making it the most downloaded app of the year as usage shifts from web to mobile.

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ChatGPT Doubles to 800M WAU in 7 Months

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ChatGPT grew from under 400M weekly active users in January 2025 to nearly 800M by August, adding roughly 50M new users per month. Growth has since slowed but remains substantial.

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