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OpenAI

GPT and ChatGPT. Largest AI lab by revenue.

HQ San Francisco, USFounded 2015late stageWebsite @OpenAI
Composite score
100.0
rank #1 · risers
Headcount
7.3k
0.0%
90d change
+5.7%
Launches (30d)
1
1 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
0

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$1B-$10B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$754k
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
12.7%
within typical band
Average tenure
1.9 yrs
—
Time since last raise
2 mo
recent raise
LinkedIn followers
10.4M
brand reach

Hiring flow · OpenAI

source: PDL v25
+4,449 hires−1,076 exits+3,373 net · last 18 months

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
3,258
+57%
Product
371
+20%
Human Resources
332
+91%
Operations
324
+56%
Marketing
204
+89%
Research
201
+18%
Finance
137
+67%
Creative
126
+100%
Other
691
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Headcount · OpenAI

158 weeks · source: mock_v1
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Events

Launch · OpenAI Workflows
via product_hunt · 1369 votes
29d ago
Funding · corporate_round · 110000.0M from null
Crunchbase
2mo ago
Funding · corporate_round · 1000.0M from null
Crunchbase
4mo ago
Funding · secondary_market · 6600.0M from David Sanmartin Garcia
Crunchbase
7mo ago
Funding · series_unknown · 40000.0M from null
Crunchbase
1y ago
Funding · debt_financing · 4000.0M from null
Crunchbase
2y ago
Funding · series_unknown · 6600.0M from null
Crunchbase
2y ago
Funding · secondary_market · 9500.0M from Michael Baßler
Crunchbase
2y ago
Funding · secondary_market · 300.0M from null
Crunchbase
3y ago
Funding · corporate_round · 10000.0M from null
Crunchbase
3y ago
Funding · corporate_round · 1000.0M from null
Crunchbase
7y ago
Funding · pre_seed · 120.0k from null
Crunchbase
10y ago

Score history

2026-04-20
100.0
rank #1
2026-03-30
90.6
rank #3
2026-03-23
67.4
rank #5
2026-03-16
69.7
rank #4
2026-03-09
76.5
rank #4
2026-03-02
75.0
rank #4
2026-02-23
81.5
rank #6
2026-02-16
82.0
rank #6
2026-02-09
82.8
rank #5
2026-02-02
82.8
rank #5
2026-01-26
80.0
rank #4
2026-01-19
78.9
rank #5