OpenAI
OpenAI is a private AI lab, the maker of ChatGPT, whose shares are not listed on any stock exchange.
- Ownership
- Private
- Parent / controlling owner
- OpenAI Foundation (controlling nonprofit)
- Type
- AI lab
- Founded
- 2,015
- Latest announced round
- $122B committed at $852B post-money (March 2026)
- Flagship products and models
- ChatGPT, Codex, GPT-6 models (GPT-6 Astra, Sol, Luna)
- Website
- openai.com
- Ownership source
- openai.com
- Checked
OpenAI has not held an IPO: its shares are not listed on any stock exchange and it has no ticker symbol. On June 8, 2026 OpenAI announced that it had confidentially submitted a draft Form S-1 to the SEC and said it had not decided on timing; a confidential draft is not public, and no OpenAI S-1 appears on SEC EDGAR as of October 5, 2026.
The for-profit company, OpenAI Group PBC, is a public benefit corporation controlled by the nonprofit OpenAI Foundation, and its last announced round closed on March 31, 2026 with $122 billion in committed capital at an $852 billion post-money valuation. Its products include ChatGPT, Codex and the GPT-6 model family, led by GPT-6 Astra (September 2026).
On September 30, 2026, OpenAI and Synopsys announced a multi-year agreement to develop GPT-Synopsys, a specialized chip design model that operates Synopsys’ EDA tools, with a revenue sharing arrangement and joint go-to-market. See our news report.
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