OpenAI

📍 San Francisco, United States👥 10,419 employees💰 Last funded May 2026

Research Services 🌐 openai.com

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OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first — ahead of profit. To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership. At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.

184

Total investors

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Early stage

4

Mid stage

123

Late stage

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Investors

184 investors

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Angel investors· 7

White House Presidential Innovation Fellow | Investor | Managing Director at LG NOVA Prime Fund | United Capital | Forbes Council Member | Mentor at MIT

Head of Operations | Angel Investor

CEO at Tutorbloc | Trustee at Impact Hub London

Philippe Mattia

Entrepreneur / Investisseur / Auteur

Enterprise AI & SaaS GTM leader | Building Magnus (longevity, travel) | 2X Founder, Raised $5M, returned capital | Ex- Sprinklr, DaoLens, Crunch, Brelo (enterprise digital twin), Merkle Science | Angel Investor

Miikka Borg (né Kujala)

Innovating, creating and building new brands and businesses

Kyle burling, JD, MBA, MS

Partner at Fish | Former USPTO Primary Examiner | A16z Limited-Partner | Angel Investor

Mid stage· 4

Global Managing Partner | AI & Technology Investor

Product Managememt @ Google | previously Apple, Amazon, Intel | Pre-Seed, Seed Investor| Kellogg MBA | Venture Capital Enthusiast

Early Stage Investor

PE | Artificial Intelligence | Al Biotech/Pharma | Space Enterprise | Y Combinator | McKinsey | Stripe | OpenAl | NVIDIA

Co-Founder, LinkedIn, Manas AI & Inflection AI. Founding Team, PayPal. Author of Superagency. Podcaster of Possible and Masters of Scale.

Growth / Late stage· 2

Co-founder & CEO @ Fleet | All-in-one solution for leasing or purchasing, managing and securing your IT 💻🛡️

Series E Investor

Kristian Schwartz

Partner-Led Executive Search for Marketing & Growth Leaders | Corporations, Agencies & PE-Backed Portfolio Companies

Investor - LP, Series E

Late stage· 113

Mohamed Kazaz (ZzazZ)

Founder/Investor/Advisor, 1st Employee

Mala Ramakrishnan

Managing Partner, Progressive Ventures | President, Founders Creative 501(c)(3)

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Investor geography24 countries

United States

99

United Kingdom

22

France

21

Australia

7

Singapore

3

Brazil

3

Investor activity2015–2026 · investors recorded per year

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Who invested in OpenAI?

OpenAI has 184 investors on record on gritt.io, 4 mid-stage and 123 late-stage investors.

When did OpenAI last raise funding?

The most recent investment in OpenAI recorded on gritt.io was in May 2026.

What industry is OpenAI in?

OpenAI operates in Research Services. Find similar Research Services investors on gritt.io.

Where is OpenAI based?

OpenAI is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

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