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OpenAI

GPT and ChatGPT. Largest AI lab by revenue.

HQ San Francisco, USFounded 2015late stageWebsite @OpenAI
Composite score
53.1
rank #17 · risers

#17 Riser. Headcount up 15% over the last 90 days.

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Headcount
10.9k
+4.0%
90d change
+15.1%
Funding events (90d)
0
11 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
0

headcount + trends: LinkedIn-tracked weekly series · funding & layoff counts: through Jul 2026 (frozen) + live news extraction

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$1B-$10B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$507k
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
11.7%
within typical band
Average tenure
1.9 yrs
Time since last raise
5 mo
recent raise

Hiring flow · OpenAI

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
3,874
+62%
Human Resources
389
+86%
Product
388
+20%
Operations
374
+51%
Marketing
260
+97%
Research
221
+9%
Finance
170
+94%
Creative
153
+96%
Other
814

In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
  1. TechCrunchHeadlinetoday
    OpenAI adds a prominent AI doomer to its board of directors

    Article is primarily about OpenAI adding Paul Christiano to its board amid safety and security scrutiny.

  2. The VergeHeadlinetoday
    OpenAI’s sly mathematical breakthrough sends a chill through academia

    Article is primarily about OpenAI's controversial Millennium Prize breakthrough and allegations of academic misconduct.

  3. Decrypttoday
    AI Is Solving Math's Best Problems Faster Than They Can Be Replaced, Terence Tao Warns

    OpenAI's model disproved the 80-year-old Erdős conjecture, making it the primary exemplar of AI solving hard math problems in the article.

  4. TechCrunch1d ago
    ‘Gambling with our lives’: Anthropic researcher quits, warns against self-improving AI

    OpenAI is prominently discussed alongside Anthropic as accused of reckless AI development; also cited for Hugging Face breach and researcher concerns.

  5. TechCrunch1d ago
    AI spend per employee slumped at top firms in August — summer doldrums or a warning sign?

    Named alongside Anthropic as cutting prices and losing adoption to older, cheaper models; peripheral to main story.

  6. DecryptHeadline1d ago
    Morning Minute: Venice’s VVV Token Soars After OpenAI Dispute

    OpenAI named in headline and article regarding a dispute over credit for fluid dynamics proofs with an NYU mathematician.

  7. The Verge1d ago
    Worried Anthropic researchers warn that AI ‘could kill all humans’

    Named as a rival racing to develop AI with similar safety concerns; departing researcher previously worked there.

  8. DecryptHeadline1d ago
    OpenAI Says It Solved a $1M Math Problem. A Rival Mathematician Says He Did It First

    Article centers on OpenAI's claimed solution to a $1M math problem and dispute with a rival mathematician over priority.

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Events

Funding · series unknown · $75M
5mo ago
Funding · series unknown · $10B
6mo ago
Funding · corporate round · $1.0B
9mo ago
Funding · secondary market · $6.6B
11mo ago
Funding · undisclosed · $2M
1y ago
Funding · series unknown · $40B
1y ago
Funding · debt financing · $4.0B
2y ago
Funding · series unknown · $6.6B
2y ago
Funding · secondary market · $9.5B
3y ago
Funding · secondary market · $300M
3y ago
Funding · corporate round · $10B
4y ago
Layoff · 4% (86 roles)
Departures in 2022-12: 96 vs 6-mo baseline of 9.5 (10.11× spike). Derived from PDL.
4y ago

Score history

2026-09-07
53.1
rank #17
2026-08-31
52.7
rank #22
2026-08-24
48.6
rank #26
2026-08-17
52.6
rank #24
2026-08-10
42.7
rank #25
2026-08-03
38.1
rank #20
2026-07-27
36.9
rank #18
2026-07-20
52.1
rank #14
2026-07-13
57.9
rank #11
2026-07-06
53.4
rank #12
2026-06-29
52.0
rank #14
2026-06-22
59.9
rank #9