AI Stack
Capabilities and model layers highlighted by the company.
01GPT
02Robotics Division
OpenAI
PrivateFounded in December 2015 as a nonprofit AI research lab by Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and others with $1 billion in pledges. Created ChatGPT and the GPT series that catalyzed the generative AI revolution. Invested in robotics through partnerships with 1X Technologies and Figure AI.
Founded 2015$40.00B raised
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research and technology company developing foundation models for language, reasoning, vision, and multimodal AI. Best known for creating ChatGPT and the GPT family of large language models, the company has become a central force in advancing general-purpose AI for consumer, enterprise, and developer applications. Although OpenAI discontinued its internal robotics program in 2021, it has re-emerged as an influential participant in embodied AI through strategic investments in humanoid robotics companies, including Figure AI, 1X Technologies, and Physical Intelligence. Its foundation models and multimodal AI research are increasingly relevant to robotics, providing capabilities for reasoning, planning, perception, and natural human-robot interaction.
Technical Profile
Platform maturity, autonomy stack, and flagship-system specifications in one view.
Investors
Thrive CapitalDragoneerInsight PartnersAppaloosa LP
TemasekAltimeter
Sequoia CapitalThe Paragon Group
Microsoft
Coatue ManagementSound VenturesUC InvestmentsWinslow CapitalD1 Capital PartnersGoanna Capital
NVIDIABlackstone
ARK InvestAmazonSands CapitalBlackRockFidelity Management & Research CompanyAndreessen HorowitzMGXD. E. Shaw VenturesT. Rowe Price Associates
SoftBank GroupTPGLatest Updates
March 31, 2026Funding RoundInvestment
Growth$122 billion
Valuation History
Track OpenAI's valuation over time.
OpenAI Team
OpenAI History
- December 11, 2015 - July 2019
OpenAI is founded and restructures
OpenAI was founded on December 11, 2015, as a nonprofit by Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, and others, with $1 billion pledged. Musk departed the board in 2018. In 2019, OpenAI created a capped-profit subsidiary; Microsoft invested $1 billion.
FoundingMicrosoft - June 2021 - March 2023
ChatGPT era begins
ChatGPT launched in November 2022, becoming the fastest-growing consumer application in history. GPT-4 followed in March 2023. OpenAI originally had an internal robotics team (Rubik's Cube manipulation) but disbanded it in mid-2021.
ChatGPTGPT-4 - 2023 - 2024
OpenAI re-enters robotics through investments
OpenAI re-entered robotics through investments: $23.5 million in 1X Technologies (2023), participation in Figure AI's $675 million round (2024), and Physical Intelligence's seed round.
1XFigurePhysical Intelligence - January 2025 - March 2025
Stargate and the $300B valuation milestone
In March 2025, a $40 billion round led by SoftBank pushed valuation to $300 billion. In January 2025, OpenAI announced The Stargate Project, a $500 billion AI infrastructure initiative with Oracle and SoftBank.
SoftBankStargate
OpenAI is the creator of ChatGPT and GPT series of large language models, valued at $300 billion as of March 2025. While OpenAI disbanded its internal robotics team in 2021, it has since become a major investor in humanoid robotics, backing Figure AI, 1X Technologies, and Physical Intelligence.